Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails antique burl scoop The red and black design

The red and black design is composed of two pieces of colored paper

Pure joyful color

for settling all sorts of matters

dated 1950

Mid 19th Century Oval Pantry Box with Unusual Double Fingered Lap and Square Head Nails antique burl scoop The red and black designI will never be the sort of dealer who chases pantry boxes and can tell you just where one was made and exactly when, but I do often covet them, and occasionally one calls to me loudly. (Sometimes those loud callers are gorgeous early painted ones of the most insanely precious variety and I have to ignore the call but happily I was able to listen to this one!) It dates to the mid 1800s I believe and has accrued a gorgeous patina, but it is the unusual