19th Century French Tole Painted Bait (Leurre) Box vintage card game vintage word game which is invariably full of

which is invariably full of fine and unusual things

Sweetly constructed

8 1/4” x 6 5/8” on wove paper

but I sure wish I'd had him when I was a kid doing puppet shows

are just satisfying things

19th Century French Tole Painted Bait (Leurre) Box vintage card game vintage word game which is invariably full ofI love the form of a old tin bait box, with straps on the curved side for wearing on a belt, but I'd never come across an antique French one like this, stencil painted in excellent red and silver, with "Leurre" (lure) arching above a charmer of a fish. With punched holes in the form of a cross on the flip up lid. 6" l x 3" d (measured on the square) x 2" t. Plenty worn and dinged, with paint loss especially to the edges of top, where it was clearly