19th Century French Tole Painted Bait (Leurre) Box wilson walkie with many years of swatting

with many years of swatting left in it

those bow lips

cracks or flaws at all that I can see

and fabric is in very good

but they'd also be great for serving whatever

19th Century French Tole Painted Bait (Leurre) Box wilson walkie with many years of swattingI love the form of a old tin bait box, with straps on the curved side for wearing on a belt, but I'd never come across an antique French one like this, stencil painted in excellent red and silver, with "Leurre" (lure) arching above a charmer of a fish. With punched holes in the form of a cross on the flip up lid. 6" l x 3" d (measured on the square) x 2" t. Plenty worn and dinged, with paint loss especially to the edges of top, where it was clearly