Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box Inside are two very nice

Inside are two very nice lacquer trays with tiered bottoms

though the lead weight once attached to the bottom was at some point removed

which can be positioned in any number of ways and is different from every angle

I have searched a bunch and not found another set like these (I would buy them up if I could find them)

Good antique condition with a great presence

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box Inside are two very niceIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,