1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed old painted finial Simultaneously earthy and cheerful

Simultaneously earthy and cheerful

which feature my favorite figures of all at the center of their undersides

wearing their original paint in a terrific palette

barely if at all visible when placed in the frame

Colors on a few are a bit elusive and  some of the paper has shine

1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed old painted finial Simultaneously earthy and cheerfulA sweet small thing, made as a gift by an Emma to someone in 1903, as a message on the underside tells us, and she initialed the seascape painted on top EMW. I love the softness of the painting, which feels quite transportive to me, and is perfectly complemented by the green on the sides of the box, which lend it a bit more pop. Executed in watercolor, with a ball of gray wool string still inside, which pulls out easily through the tiny hole at the