1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine stapled along seams on the

stapled along seams on the sides and top

features the title "Fashions by C

where many memorable things happened

with a printed double window glued on top

1903 Hand-Painted Bentwood Stringholder Box With Seascape, Signed minnie mouse figurine stapled along seams on theA sweet small thing, made as a gift by an Emma to someone in 1903, as a message on the underside tells us, and she initialed the seascape painted on top EMW. I love the softness of the painting, which feels quite transportive to me, and is perfectly complemented by the green on the sides of the box, which lend it a bit more pop. Executed in watercolor, with a ball of gray wool string still inside, which pulls out easily through the tiny hole at the