SOLD Henrietta Work's Very Wonderful Work! Mid 19th C. Box with Painted Interior Lid and Drawer wooden molding which just teems with warmth

which just teems with warmth and charm

there is a bit of flea biting and minor staining around the lip

with just these little diamond shaped windows revealing the pointed tips of the form inside

sometimes with a horse race game inside

SOLD Henrietta Work's Very Wonderful Work! Mid 19th C. Box with Painted Interior Lid and Drawer wooden molding which just teems with warmthPure love for this box, one of those things that just had to be mine, and which I'll be glad to live with for the rest of my life. And I like it all the more for its humble exterior which does little suggest the rich joys of its interior life! Likely painted when Henrietta was just a school girl, proudly spelling out her full name in block letters between rainbow like arcs of color (and what an excellent name, seeming also to describe her efforts here