19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box 5 3/4" x 3 5/8"

5 3/4" x 3 5/8" x 3/4"

giving the wooden people inside colorful faces and bodies

learning that Captain Ivory was quite a fixture and legend on Martha’s Vineyard

but historians now believe it is highly unlikely

19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box 5 3/4" x 3 5/8"A beauty of an antique paint decorated box, second half 19th century I believe, with theorem painted flowers over a sort of grain painted surface, plus gold flourishes at the corners. And with the happy surprise of hand marbled paper lining the interior, original period to it I do believe. (I'd guess there was once likely an interior tray too, which may have helped with keeping the paper of the lining in good shape.) Quite a radiance to the yellow and