Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot aqua and red

aqua and red

just about the ultimate simple

but what en envelop

likely her husband

making it seem especially poised to grab an evil-doer and carry them away

Metalsmith Made Pewter Lidded Box with Brass Dove, Marked MS antique pot aqua and redI purchased this little box as well as a trunk shaped one by the same maker from a dealer friend in Cambridge with one of the very best eyes I know. They both have the first glance feeling of very sweet folk objects to me, almost with the feel of trench art pieces, but yet they're quite nicely crafted, and stamped with a maker's mark, MS, on the underside. Definitely with good age, earlyish 20th c. I would guess and the combination of octagonal shape,