Hidden Delights: My Favorite Folk Art Wallpaper Band Box Ever, 1859 Newspaper 1970s art poster My guess is that this

My guess is that this was meant to serve as a match holder (for wooden matches of course

I've found a few other snuff boxes like this that portray humorous scenes

one tiny nick in the wood on the lower lip of the bottom figure and light surface wear consistent with age

but which could be a package she is about to fly away to deliver

And it seems that the 2-3 oz range was important

Hidden Delights: My Favorite Folk Art Wallpaper Band Box Ever, 1859 Newspaper 1970s art poster My guess is that thisPure joy to find this one in Mid coast Maine this week, a 1859 wallpapered "band" box with very lovely exterior, but completely wonderful and surprising interior and underside! I can't look those pink and yellow papered grids and stripes without thinking of Froebel kindergarten cut and woven paper works, which it would have pre dated a bit in the U. S., and also of course of quilts, and of 20th century modern abstract painting just glorious. And it