Painted Shoe-Shaped Nearly Flat Folk Art Box 19th c smoke decorated tin 6 3/16" t x 4

6 3/16" t x 4 13/16" w x 15/16" thick

For these were the host of the air

This drawing was made on a trip to Brittany in 1909

More beautiful in person

This is a wonderful copy and feels like quite a special thing to hold in your hands

Painted Shoe-Shaped Nearly Flat Folk Art Box 19th c smoke decorated tin 6 3/16" t x 4The paint on this unusual little shoe shaped box has nice age to it; I'd guess 1920s 30s or so, though maybe a little earlier than that. I love the long, nearly flat form, as if nodding to the elongated proportions of clown shoes, and the surprise of realizing the "lid" slides off to reveal a secret hiding place. Perhaps the upper and lower were once joined, I'm honestly not sure, but now they just fit together nicely, with a carve out in the