19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box This charming vintage hand-painted Chinese

This charming vintage hand-painted Chinese Foochow lacquer bowl features a gold interior with three goldfish and a black exterior with a finely painted dramatic gold dragon with red and green details

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learning that Captain Ivory was quite a fixture and legend on Martha’s Vineyard

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19th Century Paint Decorated Box with Theorem Flowers and Marbled Paper Interior old treen box This charming vintage hand-painted ChineseA beauty of an antique paint decorated box, second half 19th century I believe, with theorem painted flowers over a sort of grain painted surface, plus gold flourishes at the corners. And with the happy surprise of hand marbled paper lining the interior, original period to it I do believe. (I'd guess there was once likely an interior tray too, which may have helped with keeping the paper of the lining in good shape.) Quite a radiance to the yellow and