C. 1900 HAND-GROOVED DOVETAILED PAINTED WOOD
“BROOKLYN” BOX KEY LOCK (no key),1 ¾” SLOT IN LID (likely for coins).HINGED.Wonderful swag in Christmas colors (green/red/white on top of lid): green paint on curved row of fine hand gouged
grooves in irregular oblongs.Round
forms (PAINTED WHITE WITH RED STROKES) within grooved borders alternate with
GREEN-PAINTED GROOVED SHAPES.“BROOKLYN”
on front of lid and 2 ¾” branch with
opposing pairs of green leaves painted within hand-grooved outlines that
extends from bottom chamber of box (around lock) onto lid, just below
“BROOKLYN”.Decorated on both sides with
clusters of small hand-gouged ovals).4”
x 2 ½” x 2”.