C. 1830 Folk Art Forget me Not Box with Stencil Painted Velvet Top and Fabulous Interior Mirror clay cooking pot with a little rust and

with a little rust and paint loss here and there

The complete set of 49 blocks are in great condition

and the tiny flowers here and there are just the perfect punctuation

I believe it was once held in sketchbook/notebook as the left edge is uneven

Much more recently he gained a black painted wooden base into which the metal post at his bottom end will fit

C. 1830 Folk Art Forget me Not Box with Stencil Painted Velvet Top and Fabulous Interior Mirror clay cooking pot with a little rust andLots of very tender very old things today just the sorts of things that make me happiest! This charmer of a box dates to 1830 or so there are a couple of very close examples on the website of quilt historian Barbara Brackman relating to the presidential contest between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1824 or 28). I've had a few stencil theorem painted velvet topped boxes, but this I believe the earliest and my favorite for the "forget me not"