Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass Other than a bit of

Other than a bit of of loss of blue paint on some

and then a pile of beaded glass strawberries one top and all around the base

as Smiley went on to earn her BA at Sarah Lawrence and to work as a painter and curator in NY until moving to Wellesley

and women busy being industrious

or for taking apple picking

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaded glass Other than a bit ofI've been paying more attention lately to early painting techniques as applied to the decoration of utilitiarian objects, from smoke painting to to a huge variety of approaches to grain painting originally used to imitate the look of more expensive woods, but really taking on a life of its own as a form of creative expression. (What I am really coveting now is a thumb print painted box!) This is not a fancy box it was made to be used, and has been,