I was able to see the pics when I hit Reply. I recognize the Tramp Art. This box was also listed as "Farm Handmade" on eBay.
I've sometimes wondered about the tens of thousands of wooden boxes that were produced in over a century of highschool woodshop courses. I don't...
No marks that I can see on the lock - though maybe something will be revealed when I clean off some of the rust. This certainly isn't the work of...
Looking for any ideas / info about this box. I bought this recently on eBay. I would've left it alone but I could just make out from the...
Thanks for bringing your expertise to the question.
Interesting! I see what you mean. That seems very possible. Thanks.
Here are a few pics taken at an angle that shows the odd matte and semi-gloss patches. Don't know what they tell us - if anything.[ATTACH]...
The left hinge IS in fact bent. (Hadn't noticed that until I photographed it today.) That probably did happen when the big scratch was made by the...
It is a bit of a mystery. I'm having fun trying to do the research. I've tried to find out at what earliest approximate date a small half mortise...
Dear sir. Will do. Thanks.
Yes. I've wondered how that happened.
Thanks. There IS some (seemingly random) patchiness of light and dark on the surface of the back and also a bit on the front. The areas also...
Thanks. Guess I'll have to let go of the idea of the sailor's ditty box - though it was such a fun idea. It seems that there's some misinformation...
Interesting idea
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That seems like a good possibility. The color pallette reminds me Italian pieces that I've seen.
Interesting! Do you know why Psyche is fishing? (For souls? For Love?) Don't know my Greek mythology. (But I had thought of this as an analog to...
Wow! I'd have to guess that this was done in the same workshop - if it wasn't done by the same hand. I'm going to contact the Etsy seller to see...
Thanks for pointing out the bubbles. I wouldn't have known how to spot them. Re: the hinge. I spotted the ragged end when I photographed it....
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