For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box antique watercolor of ducks touching her belly rather than

touching her belly rather than covering her breasts

I took a few photos with a 10 3/8" tall doll inside for scale

26 1/2" wide x 19" tall x 3/4" deep

Black ink on reverse

I've become quite a fan of late 19th century punch paper embroideries

For Get Me Not, Charming c. Early 20th C. Folk Art Spruce Gum Box antique watercolor of ducks touching her belly rather thanFound in Tennessee but probably Maine in origin, this is a c. early 20th century book shaped spruce gum box. (More below re. spruce gum boxes). You know I love a book shaped anything, and love tokens of all sorts, and naive drawings too, and this is all rolled into one, with a horseshoe and flowers and wonderful spelling of "For get," too! Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes, also known as gum books, were usually carved