French Olive Wood Souvenir Box from Epinal with Hand-painted Bird silver Gerson bird and other matters

and other matters

extricated only by cutting him off at the ankles--which was done a but unevenly

perhaps because this man looks like such a happy and friendly sort

It is signed -- once below the text

French Olive Wood Souvenir Box from Epinal with Hand-painted Bird silver Gerson bird and other mattersI've found a few other old French hand painted souvenir boxes, but none anywhere close to as lovely as this one, made of beautiful olive wood, and with this charming bird on wispy branch painted on the lid, a red headed swallow I think? In the corner, in perfect cursive, is painted Epinal, a city in Northeastern France. The proportions of the box are terrific too, with these great rounded corners, plus a key hole on the front though there is no longer