Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal representing the traditional costumes of

representing the traditional costumes of different cultures from around the world--whether by a single maker or done after a pattern I am not entirely certain

and who I would guess is the subject of the ambrotype (or at least a relative of)

has lost part of its side and is stained along the lower edge of the lid

and a golden yellow saucer

Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal representing the traditional costumes ofI'm forever on the hunt for these but they're hard to find, especially a good old one still functioning and even more so with such a brilliantly painted snake inside. Of the perfect scale, too. Plenty of wear to the paint stain on the exterior of the carved book shaped box, but some nice red and green painted detail at the corners still holding on, and most all of that best green on the sides and slide. Works very smoothly, and by sticking just a