C. 1830 Folk Art Forget me Not Box with Stencil Painted Velvet Top and Fabulous Interior Mirror clay cooking pot 9 1/16 x 3 3/4

9 1/16 x 3 3/4 and in very good antique condition--structurally in great shape

and rich red over its back

with a little rust and paint loss here and there

which was a hub for playing card production in the 18th century

Late 19th century or so I think

C. 1830 Folk Art Forget me Not Box with Stencil Painted Velvet Top and Fabulous Interior Mirror clay cooking pot 9 1/16 x 3 3/4Lots of very tender very old things today just the sorts of things that make me happiest! This charmer of a box dates to 1830 or so there are a couple of very close examples on the website of quilt historian Barbara Brackman relating to the presidential contest between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (1824 or 28). I've had a few stencil theorem painted velvet topped boxes, but this I believe the earliest and my favorite for the "forget me not"