Scholars Companion Antique Red Painted Tin School Supplies Box unprimed canvas 8 1/2" x 4 1/16"

8 1/2" x 4 1/16" and in very good condition

Dala horses are even more popular Swedish souvenirs

I just love the silhouette

but several balls are missing numbers

I might hang this one directly on the wall like a painting

Scholars Companion Antique Red Painted Tin School Supplies Box unprimed canvas 8 1/2" x 4 1/16"I believe the lid of this late 19th c. tin box would once have read "Scholar's Companion" in gold stenciled letters against, but only a shadow of the lettering remains. No great loss as far as I am concerned as I love the exposed tin combined with solid red paint holding on to the sides. Of course the interior is the best part though, revealing a small ruler, ink pen and slate pencil still secured in the tin loops of the hinged lid's underside, and