Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red which differ radically from newer

which differ radically from newer examples

but finding this little wall box yesterday made an outing that otherwise turned up very little worth the trip--I love this thing

I like how the bright red of the 35 gives way to the (more nuanced and complex

and a couple of  minor stains to the surface of the checkerboard area

I would think these date to 1920s or so but am not completely sure

Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch gold and red which differ radically from newerMy general philosophy is to buy things whose sheer existence makes me happy, which is certainly the case with this, surely once the side of a trunk, iron handle still in place, and which someone cared enough to salvage. The red breasted yellow bird on branch of what looks a bit like bleeding hearts gives me all the pleasure of a fraktur watercolor, with the wavy yellow border and then dovetailed edges of the panel making the perfect frame! Plus that