Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal There is a bit of

There is a bit of a gap between one back leg and the main body where the nails have come out a bit

with lots of scrapes and some paint splotches here and there

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

which is what I love about them--the most pared down (and I think very elegant) solutions to the task

Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal There is a bit 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