Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk colonial era It features a bail handle

It features a bail handle with wooden grip (which stands up on its own) and a double band around the top of the box

Both show age and wear

5 5/8" across at base

a brief note to Flo

but one which also feels super true and resonant

Smiling Face Antique Painting on Silk colonial era It features a bail handleSuch a funny, cheery face! It was painted on silk, then very carefully wrapped around a piece of round board, pinned tight along the edges all the way around. It did have a ribbon with a little hanging loop attached to the top, but it immediately crumbled in my hands as soon as I touched it not too surprising as I'd think this is well over a hundred years old. I think of it kind of like a smiling moon, and might hang it high on the wall to watch over