Featured Painted wooden box with birds

Hi all.picked this up today and am trying to find out where it might have been made and what it might be intended to be used for.

I see a different design box but with similar painting being described online as French and from the 70s but not sure.
Am wondering has anyone any info, or come across these before.

It measures approx 10 inches in height and 10 inches across on lid

Thanks as always.

 

Sweet !!!!

 

Im guessing India . I love it .

 

Agree. And new-ish.

Debora

 

They did the painting, and then added the hardware. A truely old box would have done the opposite. From the engraving on the hasp I'd say India too. I'd wonder if the painter had family/friends in South Africa. The pigeons and most birds look Indian, but one looks like a penguin! Some penguins migrate to South Africa, and so did a lot of Indians for a while.

 

Love the birds, I thought Indian as soon as I saw the hardware too.

 

I thought Indian when I saw the painting of the Birds.
That penguin painting makes me think it is modern at least - for the painter to paint a penguin. Most probably copied from some where.

 

Thank you all for the help as always