Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass or for taking apple picking

or for taking apple picking

where it will not leave scuffs on the floor or walls

which is what allows one to see the construction

and women busy being industrious

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass or for taking apple pickingI'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,