Charmer of a Old Folk Art Box with Carved Cat on Top and Figures at Corners signed textile making them to my eye

making them to my eye just formally perfect for carrying the fantastic graphics of the flags themselves

and know from a pile of old school penmanship exercises (which I'll be listing soon) that the maker was a Richard Page Thurton and that this dates to the late 1920s

N Soule (or similar)

Much used and worn condition

9 13/16” t x 3 x 2 1/4 (base)

Charmer of a Old Folk Art Box with Carved Cat on Top and Figures at Corners signed textile making them to my eyeThe cat (lioness?) carved atop this box sold me on it at once, then I noticed the carved figural columns at the front corners icing on top! (or icing on the corners, as the case may be!) As folky as it gets, total delight. Looks like there was once an escutcheon plate over the keyhole at front, long gone, as is the key that might have locked it, but seems this lounging feline is poised to pounce on an intruder as needed! American, c. 1920s 40s I would