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Paint-Decorated Slide Lid Box

Remarkable early 19th C. slide lid razor box with vivid paint decoration on all sides—blue-green serpentine swaths on a barn red ground bordered with trails of raised salmon dots. Beautifully made with fine federal-type dovetails and what may be the original leather razor strop tacked to the top of the lid. 11½”L x 2½”H. Probably Pennsylvania, possibly Lancaster County. However a small pine textiles chest, currently in a New England collection, has almost identical paint decoration and a strong Maine history. Stunning alone, but it also makes a great display stacked with other boxes.

$2,675