Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) handmade brass form 41 3/8" l x 4

41 3/8" l x 4 1/8" t x 1 5/8" d

which I love both for how nicely it is carved

I believe in fact Mexican

but over time that blush turned to near black

5 3/8 l x 2" t x 1 13/16" w

Mid 19th C. Grain Painted Box (Eyes and Arches) handmade brass form 41 3/8" l x 4I've become deeply enamored with 19th century paint decorated boxes, grain painted especially, and think this one, c. 1850s and made of pine, I believe, is really a beauty. A sort of mustardy yellow with a darker pigmented shade over top applied through a combination of freehand brush strokes and comb application. I love the long, gently arching lines across the front, like a rainbow, and then what look like eyes split right down the middle on the