Early American Watch Box with Original Paint and Bone Inlay antique painted wood with stripes on the figure

with stripes on the figure suggestive of a soccer (football) player

The yellow is perfect--cheerful

smaller geometric cages at the other

they are each signed on reverse

There is some paint loss here and there

Early American Watch Box with Original Paint and Bone Inlay antique painted wood with stripes on the figureI believe this wall box was made to hold a pocket watch, and I believe is is quite an old one, early 19th century be my guess. The inlays on the front are bone, the brown paint original, carved wooden pins for nails I believe and it looks to me as if there is at least one small carved bone pin used (visible in a hole at the top (documented in detail photo.) I really love the way just the top half of the front slides up and off for access to the