Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine nest From the back and underside

From the back and underside

plus for the fact that they are a great way to display and put beautiful old clay marbles to use

Standing on three great little legs

I've got a weakness for old toy boats of all sorts

Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine nest From the back and undersideI found this one at a wonderful antiques shop in Lancaster County, PA and am quite smitten with it, for the yellow of the paint and especially for the deep red fruit punctuating the rich green vine running across the lid. Just right, and I love how the "berries" at either end are cut in half, as if to mark the edges, while the full at center marks the spot. Very charming, and quite a useful box for holding all sorts of things. With a painted over