AMERICAN PAINTED PINE SLIDE-TOP CANDLE BOXES, LOT OF TWO, each rectangular form with nailed construction, each retains an old painted surface, comprising a larger red-painted example and a smaller green-painted example. First half 19th century. Larger example 5 3/4" H, 13" L, 6" W.
Provenance: From an Albemarle Co., VA collection.
Good to very good overall condition with minor to moderate wear; red-painted example with a few scattered old cracks, mostly to base and one side; green-painted example with two minor old cracks to base board that do not go through to interior.