Antique Handmade Intensely Pyrographed Triangular Box with Woman Wearing Cross modern folk art pull the handle

pull the handle

I am doubtful this is a piece she made

in figuring out the perfect dramatic bloom to have popping out of the top

sturdy structural condition

and this is a terrific example

Antique Handmade Intensely Pyrographed Triangular Box with Woman Wearing Cross modern folk art pull the handleI pass by a lot of old pyrographed boxes as the imagery tends to be fairly repetitive, but this one is its own special thing unusual in its triangular shape, intensely decorated with tiny pin prick marks all over, and with this lovely portrait of a woman with cross on top, looking herself intense in her devotion, which makes me think perhaps the box was made to hold a rosary. With cloth hinges secured with nice fat nails, and a patina that makes one