Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal has lost part of its

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

I love an herbarium

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 a golden yellow saucer

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

Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ethereal has lost part of itsI'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