Nani Pocolo's Amazing 1897 Intarsia Marquetry Box with Costumed Beauty Dangling Cherries at Center girl with stuffed bird seemingly infused with the special

seemingly infused with the special attachments of whoever painted them

folding up flat and so taking up no space when not needed

and this is a sweet little one from early 1900's made for Atlas Tack Company

and quite a marvelous job she did  capturing its intricately woven construction

one patch of wear to the  blue (sort of a blue-purple)

Nani Pocolo's Amazing 1897 Intarsia Marquetry Box with Costumed Beauty Dangling Cherries at Center girl with stuffed bird seemingly infused with the specialHow fabulous is she??? I take her for a burlesque performer in this very excellent outfit, complete with high boots and helmet like hat, and it seems just right that she be dangling what looks to me like a couple of cherries from her lowered hand. I take the box for a glove box, just long enough to house the very gloves she has on. What makes this especially special to me is that it is inscribed, via inlay, on the exterior rear side (and dated 1897)