19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges charades cards with just the bottom of

with just the bottom of his stamp-collaged shorts and ink-drawn shoes peeking out below

My favorite though may actually be the wonderfully graphic hand-painted gold vines and berries on the back

meaning handsome boy

antique needlepoint samplers are marvelous

when it was the largest fraternal organization in the country

19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges charades cards with just the bottom ofI don't always have the easiest time selling old boxes, especially relatively plain ones whose charms are subtle, but every time I visited the little shop in Maine where I found this one I was be struck by it, so, finally, after three or four viewings I had to bring it home! It's actually just the sort of box that I love most, honest and useful, with its beauty deriving from its construction, function and use over time. I love the shallow carve out of