Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard Plenty of old stains

Plenty of old stains

some wear to the wood and paint around the edges and sides

8 1/4" diameter x approx 3" t

This I believe is one of the most amazing things I've ever found

Canvas: 15" x 11 1/8"

Antique Gravel Covered, Wire Hinged Folk Art Box with Original Green and Red Painted Interior West Virginia postcard Plenty of old stainsI really love this one. I seem to recall seeing a box or two covered like this in what I only know to describe as a sort of fine gravel, but I don't know when that was a thing to do. Whether that surface is original to the box or applied a bit later I am not sure, but the bottom of the box shows much softened original green paint, and I am pretty certain the green and red painted interior are of the same age, original to it, as are the wire hinges all