19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box giving the wooden people inside

giving the wooden people inside colorful faces and bodies

along with a lock from her husband William Gay

but historians now believe it is highly unlikely

I really like

giving it a sense of movement and also

19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box giving the wooden people insideA beauty of an antique paint decorated box, second half 19th century I believe, with theorem painted flowers over a sort of grain painted surface, plus gold flourishes at the corners. And with the happy surprise of hand marbled paper lining the interior, original period to it I do believe. (I'd guess there was once likely an interior tray too, which may have helped with keeping the paper of the lining in good shape.) Quite a radiance to the yellow and