Antique Artist Box with Compartments | 1930s

Here we have a bruiser of an antique artist wood box with compartments for brushes, paint, and other materials to create your underground masterpiece. Full disclosure: the machine gun rivets throughout had me at "hello." But the painted red tiger stripe internal compartments told me I needed to lay down the money as quick as I could. The look is the look, and the proof is in the pudding. All the patina and old metalware doesn't hurt it bit either. Whatever artist owned this case back in the day was on a mission and the canvas paid the price, but we all won.The previous owner believed the box was Asian, and possibly the late 1800s given the dovetail design. However, I found some old Phillips screws used on the internal knobs. It might originally be from the turn of the century, but if it is, someone added some bling in the 1930s. So I'll let you decide. I'm listing it as from the 1930s. As for the wood, my guess is mahogany but it is truly a guess. The primitive handmade artist box meas