Wooden Playing Card Box with Hand-painted Ace of Hearts wicker thus yielding wonderfully inky pools

thus yielding wonderfully inky pools of saturated color around its shoulders and neck

And what a lot of service he has given over many years--punctured with stick pins on all sides and coming apart at a few of his seams

I have not touched the wood

Each plate is stamped on the bottom

Wooden Playing Card Box with Hand-painted Ace of Hearts wicker thus yielding wonderfully inky poolsSuch a great box! Just perfect to my eye, with this juicy hand painted Ace of Hearts on the top announcing it as a box for playing cards, and nicely jointed corners to boot. Inside, the box is painted light green and divided into two halves, to hold two decks. The perfect reason to host an evening of poker or hearts, but if not for cards, great for holding all sorts of lucky things. 6 3 8" x 4 3 8" x 1 5 8". Very good vintage condition, with a few