Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover carved pine figure his head and hands hard

his head and hands hard papier mache and his body a wire spring hidden underneath his brown cloth jumpsuit

And then the real fur hat

17 1/2” x 6 3/8” x 2 1/2”d

I might guess it has something to do with the end of one decade and beginning of another

With wonderfully crude face and the best little hands with defined finger carved into her chest

Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover carved pine figure his head and hands hardJust my sort of thing a special thing to begin with, made all the more special long long ago with the addition of a very folky needlepoint, secured to the top of the box. The box is c. 1820s 30s I believe, Northern European I have had a couple similar with dome tops, quite coveted things, but have not seen a slant top example like this painted with colorful little houses on all sides framed by trees and ground and deep blue sky. Whether it was some