Very Sweet Antique Carved Out Box in Red Paint with Slide Lid handmade bird cutout Based on others I have

Based on others I have found

Crayon (terrific strong color) on lined paper

Very good antique condition--clearly well used

and found with a handful of old ink pen nibs inside

6 7/8" t x 6 1/2" l x 1 3/8" d

Very Sweet Antique Carved Out Box in Red Paint with Slide Lid handmade bird cutout Based on others I haveI really love an old carved out wooden box. Feels so visceral and direct, not messing around with jointed corners, just digging out the inside. And this old one with a sweet little carved knob at the end of the sliding lid. Could be that the unpainted pine lid replaced an earlier one, but if so has been with it for a very long time, lovingly done and perfectly fitting. Perhaps made to hold slate pencils, but good for whatever little odds and ends now,