Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot just about the ultimate simple

just about the ultimate simple

it would be great most anywhere

making it seem especially poised to grab an evil-doer and carry them away

I will try to relinquish this lens through which I seem to be regarding everything at the moment

Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot just about the ultimate simpleI purchased this little box as well as a trunk shaped one 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 the combination of octagonal shape,