Colorful Lacquered Wood Nesting Boxes old iron change So perfect

So perfect

but most of the drawings are still bright and crisp and clear

This is a beautifully made

and the perfect display pedestal for all sorts of things--though of course it's great as a stool

Mid 19th century or so New England

Colorful Lacquered Wood Nesting Boxes old iron change So perfectI've got a weakness for nesting boxes of all sorts, which I think dates back to a set of Russian nesting dolls I had as a child, which I vividly remember opening for the first time, to discover one doll after the next like never ending Christmas! So it was fun opening the largest box in this colorfully lacquered set to find many many more than I expected inside, down to too tiny to handle! I am not sure if these are Japanese or British or what.