Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ST a little research makes me

a little research makes me sure of it

It shows an old water stain that covers his nose

I've documented each drawing followed by a handful of details

Of course I'm forever on the hunt for exquisite 18th and early 19th century Dutch darning samplers

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Antique Folk Art Paint Decorated Book Shaped Box with Snake Surprise! ST a little research makes meI'm forever on the hunt for these but they're hard to find, especially a good old one still functioning and even more so with such a brilliantly painted snake inside. Of the perfect scale, too. Plenty of wear to the paint stain on the exterior of the carved book shaped box, but some nice red and green painted detail at the corners still holding on, and most all of that best green on the sides and slide. Works very smoothly, and by sticking just a