Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw on the front below a

on the front below a few white paint strokes (I am not entirely sure whether these are meant to detail its tail

perhaps once part of a set of fireplace tools

but with turtles

I am pretty certain this fantastic folk art dog is Canadian

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw on the front below aI first picked up this box (on a recent real world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior, but was happy to open it to discover it's a writing box, with a nice red velvet covered writing slope inside, which lifts to reveal compartments beneath it on either side, and a little drawer with recesses at bottom, too. I'd never actually sat down and used one of these before, but in fact is it both super useful and quite a pleasure, and in absence