Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine old tins ”) But I was delighted

”) But I was delighted to then open it and find all or almost all of its original contents packed neatly inside

Photos don't really capture the full character or color on this old handmade frame with its original square bevelled glass mirror

Missing the brush and mixing pots

and also lovely

and hardened enough for it to stand on its own

Lovely Old Pennsylvania Painted Slide Lid Crate Wood Box with Berries on Vine old tins ”) But I was delightedI found this one at a wonderful antiques shop in Lancaster County, PA and am quite smitten with it, for the yellow of the paint and especially for the deep red fruit punctuating the rich green vine running across the lid. Just right, and I love how the "berries" at either end are cut in half, as if to mark the edges, while the full at center marks the spot. Very charming, and quite a useful box for holding all sorts of things. With a painted over