Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides accessory Excellent condition

Excellent condition

whose many fine and interesting things reinforce my believe that this is something pretty special

is a clearly much loved old shop brush with a gorgeous patina-and much life in it yet

and the painting perfectly preserved) but for a thin split in the wood on the bottom--visible only when opened or turned upside down

Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides accessory Excellent conditionI'm guessing this old box was made for a specific purpose, as these curved sides seems pretty unusual, and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place? Maybe it held cheese? Or bread? Whatever the case, I love its roughness and the shape of it, and think it would be terrific filled with apples or hedge apples, or great on the counter for holding mail, or in the wood shop or studio