Late 18th or early 19th century, Germanic, bent pine with woven joints and polychrome paint decoration, the lid featuring a lady attired in a blue and red dress and white hat against a tulip background, with fruit and floral decoration to the sides and base.

7 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.

The Estate of the late Dr. Larry Southworth, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Brokered By Bill Beck from King & Queen County, Virginia

Bride’s boxes were created in a distinctive folk art style by people living in Switzerland, the Palitanate, and the Upper Rhine regions of Germany, many of whom immigrated and settled in the Pennsylvania and Virginia area, beginning in the early 17th century. Fleeing religious persecution from their homelands, they found rich and isolated farmland along the Great Wagon Road. Bride’s boxes became an important element of the American folk art tradition characterized by the bold use of color and motifs such as birds and flowers.

Age splitting to wood, minor wear to the edges of the lid and base, antique repair at the foot of base.