Iconic Feeling Antique Tole Painted CAKE Box weaving of forest In great structural condition

In great structural condition

I found these this past summer at a flea market close to me and just pulled them out again--and was struck anew by the lovely and painstakingly executed passages of ornament on them

How not to feel happy with this guy around

On one side is a plan drawing

7 1/2" long x 3" wide x 1 3/8" deep and in very good condition

Iconic Feeling Antique Tole Painted CAKE Box weaving of forest In great structural conditionThere's a lot of old toleware out there that does nothing for me, but sometimes a piece hits it exactly, as I think this antique cake box does. In major part it is all about those great stencil painted letters, executed in gray that runs lighter to darker in shade and then with terrific red accents along the bottom edges. In a terrific stylized capital font too, which I think enhances the potency and resonance of the word itself here is a box of CAKE!