Antique Box w/Folk Art Paintings of House & Woman

Price: 325 including shipping and insurance

Sold by Albion Valley Folk Art and Antiques

For sale is wonderful and unique antique folk art box that I acquired from a dealer friend in Maryland. I believe that it is made from a cigar box, and it has a painting of a cottage and trees on the top of the lid, but what makes it extra special is a watercolor painting of a woman in Roman? style garb holding a palm branch in one hand and a bird with a sprig of leaves in its mouth in the other on the interior of the box. There is a tree behind her, and a sort of cornucopia of flowers on the ground in front of her. Both paintings appear to have been rendered on paper and then glued on. The rest of the lid is painted brown on top, and on the interior, there are small prints on one side, one depicting people in colonial style dress gathered around a table, and the other depicting a woman picking a flower from a bush in front of a cottage. Below those images is a yellow tag that says "Martha Brown, Swanzee Mass." The piece measures about 13" long, 9 3/4" wide, and 3" tall, and is in nice antique condition, with signs of age and use, but no really significant flaws. Please look carefully at the pictures, and contact me with any questions or for additional photos.