Hand-painted Round Wooden Trinket Box with Colorful Fish smart design or to use daily around

or to use daily around the house

who was then chair of the department of architecture at Harvard

and who has since painted quite a variety of things (including some rather fantastical portraits in a realist style—a Cleopatra among them

I purchased a pair of these vintage 1980s Memphis Design-syle ceramic pins at the estate sale of an artist--this one an orange/peach

Hand-painted Round Wooden Trinket Box with Colorful Fish smart design or to use daily aroundI believe this wonderful vintage turned wood trinket box with hand painted fish on top is likely one of a kind; I have found no other like it, and the irregularity of the edge of the black paint makes me think it was made to please its maker rather than for sale. I think the fish is just fantastic, rendered in a pale green, gray, and a soft yellow, with orange and red details, all popping against a glossy black ground. The box measures 3 3 4" in