SOLD Fabulous Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Box with Painted Lion (One Hinge Loose) swampscott but overall the box

but overall the box

I love its  elegant

I really love his deadpan expression

including distinguishing two of the yellow trucks as carriers of freight

These are quite small

SOLD Fabulous Antique Pennsylvania Folk Art Box with Painted Lion (One Hinge Loose) swampscott but overall the boxI know this box was found in Allentown, PA and it sure seems Pennsylvania folk art to me, with a fraktur esque quality to this fantastic lion (with marvelously wild, expressive face that keeps reminding me of a rooster, too!) Late 19th c. or so I would guess, with a terrific surface best appreciated through detail photos yum. Dark green painted ground, border of red polka dots over creamy white paint, and the lion with what I believe is a coat of