Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover tremar england which could be smoothed a

which could be smoothed a bit with a little sanding if desired

This hardcover first edition

though even in their day the company--owned by real estate magnates Herbert and Hartland Law-- seems to have been quite elusive about what their products did exactly

So a  unique merger of several chocolate capitals

Charming Hybrid: Early 19th C. Painted Box with Folk Art Needlepoint Cover tremar england which could be smoothed aJust my sort of thing a special thing to begin with, made all the more special long long ago with the addition of a very folky needlepoint, secured to the top of the box. The box is c. 1820s 30s I believe, Northern European I have had a couple similar with dome tops, quite coveted things, but have not seen a slant top example like this painted with colorful little houses on all sides framed by trees and ground and deep blue sky. Whether it was some