Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina art history which I have left alone

which I have left alone but could be cleaned up with a couple of snips

which is enough for me

flying frogs rendered as origami in dark green against a purple sky

and pretty subtle

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina art history which I have left aloneIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,