Just about the chippiest surface on an old turned apple box that I've seen, and I really love it. Terrific color, and the make do (end of a stick, whittled a bit to fit) stem I found in it suits it exactly right. I think these are great things in all of their variety, each different from the next due to when it was made, size, how it was painted, and the life it has led. This one earlyish 20th century I believe, with a pink painted flower on the interior of the lid. Turned apples of this sort were made in Japan beginning in the late 19th century for Western export.
2 5/8" d x 3" t. Surface wear to the paint all over as evident, but structurally sound, paint not flaking now, and lid fits just as it should. Minor hairline crack near the center of the underside, not otherwise visible.
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