Early I.B & Co. "Single Truck with Horse" Box 1980s folk art a WWII veteran of Haverhill

a WWII veteran of Haverhill

made to function as an altar case

I believe this pair dates to the early 20th c

and kept near in boxes like this so to enjoy their chirping

just a little loss of the black paint

Early I.B & Co. "Single Truck with Horse" Box 1980s folk art a WWII veteran of HaverhillTo my eye this is really a beautiful old box, and a useful one, with the interior divided by slats into three sections. I can find no reference for I. B & Co, which is printed on the lovely old green paper label, but it seems possible it refers to the I. B Rowell Co. of Wuakesha, Wisconsin, which made farming tools; perhaps they produced a toy model or two as well? Long gone are the "single truck and horse" that were once inside, and gone is the slide