Lot 282 - Pair Of Vintage Metal Boxes Made In Japan Including Pennsylvania Landmarks Box By Bosselman & Co. And Peacock Design Box

Lot 282 - Pair Of Vintage Metal Boxes Made In Japan Including Pennsylvania Landmarks Box By Bosselman & Co. And Peacock Design BoxThis pair includes a metal box featuring Pennsylvania landmarks, manufactured by Bosselman & Co., New York, with detached lid due to broken hinge; and a metal box with relief peacock design on the lid set against a red enamel field, marked "Made in Occupied Japan" on the bottom. Wear and losses to enamel paint are present on the peacock box. The Pennsylvania box measures 3 1 4" x 2 5 8" x 1 5 8". The peacock box measures 3 1 2" x 2 1 2" x 1 1 2".

There is a paper tag on the back indicating that this item was once sold by "Come Again Shop - Where Unusual Goods are Found" on Boylston Street in Boston

and addressed to Miss Esther Mitchell

Antique shallow brass trinket dish cast in the form of a walking boar

Pre-Auction Notes: Each print measures 6-5/8" x 10"

Pre-Auction Notes: No cracks or chips

a little girl in a yellow headscarf

” which may reference an underlying or associated image

Antique children's book titled "Billy Whiskers' Vacation" by Francis Trego Montgomery

Condition issues include cracking in the composition and paint

repaired mounting bracket on reverse

and minor cracking

Modern framing job