Very Wonderful 19th Century Paint Decorated Treen Book Box with Slide Opening, Signed Mark Bailey antique boxed blocks and which I am also

and which I am also quite sure is of the type described commonly as "Chinesco" (the term was inspired by the unintended similarity of the faces on these figurines to the Chinese

which are both familiar in format but also tell us much about the times: "If 100 men besieged in a town

shorter 6 3/4" l

4 1/4” t x 1 1/8” w x 1 3/4” d and in very good condition

Very Wonderful 19th Century Paint Decorated Treen Book Box with Slide Opening, Signed Mark Bailey antique boxed blocks and which I am alsoA rare find and a real beauty, found in upstate NY. This is a small, paint decorated, folk art book shaped box, carved from one piece of wood, with a slide opening on the long side. It feels close kin to a spruce gum box, but the slide on those is typically on one short end, and they tend to be a bit larger and this feels to me a bit earlier, c. 1840s I believe. With this gorgeous wide band of rich mustard paint across the near top of the spine for