Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lidded crock A wonderful small carved and

A wonderful small carved and painted mallard

quite sturdy and very sound

Riders sit about 6" tall measured up from base

I believe the landscape pictured here is the Lowcountry of Southern South Carolina and that the gestural

just as found--a key to who knows what

Antique Mirrored Box with Butterfly Woman and Match Striker Bottom lidded crock A wonderful small carved andSome losses to the paper decoration on this small mirrored box, but I think it's quite a charmer, regardless including for the fabulous hand colored engraving framed at center of the lip, with this butterfly winged fairly waving her hand (holding magic herbs or mistletoe?) over the canoodling couple below. One might expect this to be a trinket box, but the underside is sandpaper for striking, so I believe it was meant for matches which defines our