ERL's Old Handmade Tool Box in Old Green Paint vintage asian decor I'd guess it was likely

I'd guess it was likely a figure study for a larger painting

at a time when one was giving way to the other

but I think they're fun

The signature at bottom right is pretty good too

ERL's Old Handmade Tool Box in Old Green Paint vintage asian decor I'd guess it was likelyJust the right scale of tool box for the essentials, or a good tackle box too or just a good box to stash some things in an set somewhere to admire. I love a box with a name or monogram painted on it, here I'd guess the latter but I like to think of its maker as an just Erl with no "a." In its excellent old dark green paint with great alligatoring to the white painted letters and sturdy as can be. With a brass latch that could take a lock on front,