Victorian Wallpaper Covered and Lined Box with Portrait and Seaweed Patterns pacific northwest founded in NYC by Frank

founded in NYC by Frank and Theresa Caplan in 1945 with the goal of creating simple but beautiful educational toys and materials--emphasizing shape

and I believe made of boxwood

and quite a rare one

Perfect for holding a few dozen eggs

with wonderful wide open mouth

Victorian Wallpaper Covered and Lined Box with Portrait and Seaweed Patterns pacific northwest founded in NYC by FrankIts the seaweed patterned, hand printed wall paper on the outside and inside of the box that really sold me on it so pretty, and so Victorian, and making me imagine it once held a collection of dried seaweed specimens carefully arranged and mounted on paper which represented an escape from sitting prettily in the parlor fanning oneself! On the inside lid is another woman, this one on the La Antiguedad de Santiago cigar box label. With a cloth hinge