19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame antique train and to me eye and

and to me eye and sensibility completely charming

There are two marks on the back edge of the top

"I hope you will answer to me know if you able to healp [sic] me

they're especially perfect for a meal of sushi and seaweed salad

and the boxes itself closes tight and flush

19th Century Folk Art Reverse Glass Tinsel Painting of Flower Bouquet in Great Original Frame antique train and to me eye andA sweet and lovely old folk art reverse glass tinsel painting, c. 1870s or so I believe, found in upstate NY near Albany, forever enclosed in its original, painted frame, wood back nailed on. With metallic foil backing the glass (in this case all silver), these were made to be viewed by by candlelight, such that the foil would shimmer and lend the painting a three dimensional effect. (Site responsive context activated 19th c. folk art!) I especially