Antique Folk Art Painted Box With Tree, Flowers, Vines miniature table and chairs Certainly the little white one

Certainly the little white one with red collar is a dog

and the alternating light and dark panels of the umbrella

I think Chas must have be a pretty privileged child to have such a fine slate

It was purchased from the estate sale of a multi-generational family of artists near Boston

I assume with his bald head

Antique Folk Art Painted Box With Tree, Flowers, Vines miniature table and chairs Certainly the little white oneA total charmer of a box I think, with dovetail jointed hinged lid, brass clasp on front made to hold a small lock, original creamy white paint, and this marvelous, exuberant leafy tree, flowers and vines painted in dark green and gold on the top looking vlike just the sort of antique school girl drawing I'd jump on immediately, but all the better for being attached to a functional object! Large enough to hold some tools or sewing supplies or all