Tole Painted Cigarette Tin, Signed and Dated 1949 cream blue brown but also the secular aspects

but also the secular aspects of tea and Japanese life

a third is missing

This basket definitely has some years on it

now missing

Tole Painted Cigarette Tin, Signed and Dated 1949 cream blue brown but also the secular aspectsWhile there is a fair amount of toleware (painted tin, mostly boxes of various sorts) out there which I don't find very interesting, I'm a softie for especially carefully painted pieces like this cigarette box, which showcase the skillfulness of their makers, usually women. This very fine one, with lovely bouquet and pretty gold border, is justifiably signed on the back: Blanche Wood (what a name!) from Cornish, New Hampshire, 1949. Good for holding