Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine nest and was one of 13

and was one of 13 children

and I think they stand now as quite lovely things

Standing on three great little legs

with paint loss/rust along the bottom edge as evident

From the back and underside

Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine nest and was one of 13I found this one at a wonderful antiques shop in Lancaster County, PA and am quite smitten with it, for the yellow of the paint and especially for the deep red fruit punctuating the rich green vine running across the lid. Just right, and I love how the "berries" at either end are cut in half, as if to mark the edges, while the full at center marks the spot. Very charming, and quite a useful box for holding all sorts of things. With a painted over