Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS soldiers With a really great

With a really great

2 7/8" x 1 13/16" x 3/4"

who painted portraits around New England during that period

with a bit of exposed wood at the tip of one ear

Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS soldiers With a really greatI purchased this little trunk shaped box, as well as an octagonal one with dove by the same maker, from a dealer friend in Cambridge with one of the very best eyes I know. They both have the first glance feeling of very sweet folk objects to me, almost with the feel of trench art pieces, but yet they're quite nicely crafted, and stamped with a maker's mark, MS, on the underside. Definitely with good age, earlyish 20th c. I would guess and how nice a