Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box Good antique condition with a

Good antique condition with a great presence

though the lead weight once attached to the bottom was at some point removed

Inside are two very nice lacquer trays with tiered bottoms

like this terrific vintage Modernist/Brutalist cast bronze brooch

I have searched a bunch and not found another set like these (I would buy them up if I could find them)

Antique 8 Inch Bentwood Pantry Box with Original Dry Wood Patina sewing box Good antique condition with aIm not a connoisseur of antique pantry boxes, but I do look at them a lot, and occasionally one calls to meand I try to listen if the price tag is not prohibitive, which it most of the time is! This one, 19th century New England I believe, I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front, and for the warm dry wood patina all over. Also there is what looks to me like a drawing on the underside of the lid, which, though I could be seeing things,