Long and Low 19th C. Bentwood Box in Beautiful Green Paint (with Repaired Split) holla it's all to the good

it's all to the good

self-taught Haitian artist André V

I find this game board spectacularly beautiful

' Terrific rounded top

with that great drop downhill at the far right  It was done in the 1880s

Long and Low 19th C. Bentwood Box in Beautiful Green Paint (with Repaired Split) holla it's all to the goodI believe this box is 19th c. European, most likely Scandanavian; I am not an expert on bentwood pantry boxes, but I think the manner in which the end of the wood is secured (known as Svepaskis in Swedish) is indicative of that. There is a carefully (glue) repaired split to the lid, but the green paint and unusual long and low form I think are so lovely, I don't much care. 7 1 2" l x 4 3 8" d x 1 1 4" t. Repaired split as noted and evident, sound and