Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red with each inch divided into

with each inch divided into 32nds on the flip side

which takes a strong pull to open

great to hold

but finding this little wall box yesterday made an outing that otherwise turned up very little worth the trip--I love this thing

and other signed works of his to which it bears a resemblance

Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red with each inch divided intoMy general philosophy is to buy things whose sheer existence makes me happy, which is certainly the case with this, surely once the side of a trunk, iron handle still in place, and which someone cared enough to salvage. The red breasted yellow bird on branch of what looks a bit like bleeding hearts gives me all the pleasure of a fraktur watercolor, with the wavy yellow border and then dovetailed edges of the panel making the perfect frame! Plus that