The World's Progress: Dictonary of Dates, Edited by G.P. Putnam, Copyright 1850 and the original box

and the original box

under the mug handle

Here is a charming vintage stash box that features an elf dressed in green sitting on a green leaf over the green stump of a tree

The camera does show some signs of use

it looks like someone may have tried to touch up the paint

The World's Progress: Dictonary of Dates, Edited by G.P. Putnam, Copyright 1850 and the original boxHere is a remarkable antique book entitled "The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates with Tabular Views of General History and A Historical Chart." This volume was edited by G. P. Putnam and published in 1850 in New York by the editor. It includes an incredible hand colored, fold out lithograph chart entitled "A Chart of History." The chart, and the book that contains it, are in very good condition, and appear to only have been lightly used. The