Long and Low 19th C. Bentwood Box in Beautiful Green Paint (with Repaired Split) document tube with ribbed areas at four

with ribbed areas at four points giving it a bit of tooth

all highly covetable

but when I spotted this from a distance

Elgart who painted this had a pretty great time doing so

Long and Low 19th C. Bentwood Box in Beautiful Green Paint (with Repaired Split) document tube with ribbed areas at fourI believe this box is 19th c. European, most likely Scandanavian; I am not an expert on bentwood pantry boxes, but I think the manner in which the end of the wood is secured (known as Svepaskis in Swedish) is indicative of that. There is a carefully (glue) repaired split to the lid, but the green paint and unusual long and low form I think are so lovely, I don't much care. 7 1 2" l x 4 3 8" d x 1 1 4" t. Repaired split as noted and evident, sound and