Antique Travel / Hat Box with Fat Dovetail Joints, Brass Handle, Paper AmEx Label spoon collection with light soiling and a

with light soiling and a little bumping to the corners especially upper right

There is a layer of foam core visible from the back holding it tightly in the frame

I'm completely in love with this curious little hand-embroidered character in a traditional costume that I'd guess is Eastern European

Still many good years of use left in it

and have had an eye out for another ever since

Antique Travel / Hat Box with Fat Dovetail Joints, Brass Handle, Paper AmEx Label spoon collection with light soiling and aThis was a week for boxes, and this I think is my favorite of all of them large, with very satisfying proportions, super fat dovetailed corners, brass hardware, and an early American Express paper shipping label still adhered to the top. I believe this would have been used as a hat box, perhaps military. American Express was founded in 1850 as a freight shipping and express mail dispatcher, with this label dating to the 1890s or so I believe. Just