Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box tabletop bowling 21 1/8” x 17 1/8”

21 1/8” x 17 1/8” framed

I believe it to be early 20th century African

north of London

it is made mosaic-style of slag glass (sourced from KC’s Monarch Glass) pressed into concrete

no notable splits or chips or cracks

Primitive Old Handmade Slide Top Box tabletop bowling 21 1/8” x 17 1/8”Just a beautifully humble old slide top box, which looks to me as if pretty subtly grain painted, and which has a really great feel to it. Finger jointed corners, sliding lid with a carved divot for pulling, and I believe made of crate wood, with an old 69 stamped on its bottom. Large and low, perfect for holding a bunch of smallish drawings or love letters or whatever! 11 3 4 x 9 x 2 1 4 and in good condition, with a small loss to the very end of the