Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray At first I believed this

At first I believed this amazing vintage doll was a voodoo doll

and so was thrilled to recently find a bunch of them

All slide tops slide smoothy and fit tightly

with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death

to which is attached just along one edge

Satisfying 19th C. Painted Documents Box leaf-shaped tray At first I believed thisI'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,