Very Wonderful 19th Century Paint Decorated Treen Book Box with Slide Opening, Signed Mark Bailey victorian seashells 9" t x 5 1/4"

9" t x 5 1/4" w x 3" d and in excellent vintage condition

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Late 19th/early 20th  c

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Very Wonderful 19th Century Paint Decorated Treen Book Box with Slide Opening, Signed Mark Bailey victorian seashells 9" t x 5 1/4"A rare find and a real beauty, found in upstate NY. This is a small, paint decorated, folk art book shaped box, carved from one piece of wood, with a slide opening on the long side. It feels close kin to a spruce gum box, but the slide on those is typically on one short end, and they tend to be a bit larger and this feels to me a bit earlier, c. 1840s I believe. With this gorgeous wide band of rich mustard paint across the near top of the spine for