Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard or a one off creation

or a one off creation of creative maker who combined treen canister

were used to make these

dyed a darker brown

This I believe is one of the most amazing things I've ever found

somewhat more pronounced in photos than in person

Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard or a one off creationI really love this one. I seem to recall seeing a box or two covered like this in what I only know to describe as a sort of fine gravel, but I don't know when that was a thing to do. Whether that surface is original to the box or applied a bit later I am not sure, but the bottom of the box shows much softened original green paint, and I am pretty certain the green and red painted interior are of the same age, original to it, as are the wire hinges all