Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint folk art bull certainly made for the tourist

certainly made for the tourist market

and this one to my eye is as about as good as they come

1950s brass alphabet stencils

I believe this box would have been used to store tobacco

1 3/8" tall x 13/16 wide x 7/8" deep

Stunning Antique Bentwood Handle Wooden Pantry Box in Blue Paint folk art bull certainly made for the touristI'm not an expert on antique bentwood pantry boxes, but I've looked at enough to recognize a really beautiful and beautifully constructed one, and this, though missing a lid, is most definitely is that to me it completely embodies why one might become obsessed with antique bentwood pantry boxes! The blue paint is, to my eye, just out of this world, as is the bleed from the neat row of fat iron nails down the seam. 19th century New England I believe