Child Painted Santa Watercolor Drawing in Chip Carved Tramp Frame Chinese five-drawer jewelry box I just wanted them near

I just wanted them near me)

9 1/4" long x 1 7/8" across at ferrule (where bristles attach to handle

and upon giving them a close look I realized they are quite beautiful things and rather fell in love with them

I first picked up this box (on a recent real-world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior

Child Painted Santa Watercolor Drawing in Chip Carved Tramp Frame Chinese five-drawer jewelry box I just wanted them nearI love this watercolor, and the tramp frame, and think they make a happy marriage. (Forgive the glare in photos.) Santa (who happily looks more like dad as Santa than "Santa") was executed on orange construction paper mounted to green, dated Dec. 13 and signed AW at the bottom left. Fabulous beard, fabulous boots, fabulous decorated tree (which Santa appears to be hailing), and this curiously sparse arrangement of objects underneath the tree a tiny