SOLD Aptly Painterly Old Slide Top Brushes Box Red Paint bullet knife 6 1/2" d x 3

6 1/2" d x 3 1/4" tall

I’m not entirely certain the national origins of this one

Vintage mid-century

Attached to a flat rectangular base far below him by a thin rod welded to his front foot

but have their own distinct sensibility

SOLD Aptly Painterly Old Slide Top Brushes Box Red Paint bullet knife 6 1/2" d x 3To my eye a great charmer of a box, painted not once but twice with "Brushes" in a wonderfully painterly manner which feels quite artistic romantic and looking to me as if it was done so right before getting to work! Made of pine, with finger jointed corners, and a sliding lid that fits just right and slides easily, with a nail added along the end of the rail at some point to shore up a bit of loss. Great old red paint on the lid, dry wood with a