Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray New York and it is

New York and it is definitely quite an old one

to which is attached just along one edge

with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death

and so was thrilled to recently find a bunch of them

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray New York and it isI've been paying more attention lately to early painting techniques as applied to the decoration of utilitiarian objects, from smoke painting to to a huge variety of approaches to grain painting originally used to imitate the look of more expensive woods, but really taking on a life of its own as a form of creative expression. (What I am really coveting now is a thumb print painted box!) This is not a fancy box it was made to be used, and has been,