SOLD Beautiful Condition Old Turned Wooden Red Apple Box vintage pinback buttons Boy in blue is 5

Boy in blue is 5 5/8" t

All the better is that it be painted (in oil) on an old chamfered wood panel

then awkwardly stuffed under the seat

It was the hand-drawn face (looks like ink rather than pencil

SOLD Beautiful Condition Old Turned Wooden Red Apple Box vintage pinback buttons Boy in blue is 5I think these are great things in all of their variety, each different from the next due to when it was made, size, how it was painted, and the life it has led. This one earlyish 20th century I believe, with a pink painted flower on the interior of the lid. Turned apples of this sort were made in Japan beginning in the late 19th century for Western export. This is a lovely example. 3 1 2" d x 3 3 4" t. Very good condition, beautiful paint, lid fits