Bucket Shaped 19th Century Treenware Box with Side Handles leather handwoven on a backstop loom

handwoven on a backstop loom

The smaller measures 4 1/2" wide x 2 1/2" tall

in which Punch (Punchinello) was the trickster figure or "lord of misrule"--which this puppet surely conveys

The tape used to mount it on that board is slightly visible in the upper corners of the print

two untreated wood) in addition to eight cars

Bucket Shaped 19th Century Treenware Box with Side Handles leather handwoven on a backstop loomThis is a beautiful antique treen box, dating, I believe, to the mid to late 19th century. The shape is that of a bucket or pail, with simulated bands around bottom, middle, and lid, and handles on either side to which a string was once attached. Hand turned, the finished blonde wood has a nice sheen, which photos do not capture well. 3 1 2" tall x 3" across with handles; 2 1 2" deep. Some hairline cracking to the wood consistent with age, and some