Scholars Companion Antique Red Painted Tin School Supplies Box unprimed canvas but several balls are missing

but several balls are missing numbers

8 1/2" x 4 1/16" and in very good condition

Overall dimsensions: 8 13/16" x 6 3/4"

meaning that one must turn each block back and forth 90 degrees to get it over the post and onto the base

I might hang this one directly on the wall like a painting

Scholars Companion Antique Red Painted Tin School Supplies Box unprimed canvas but several balls are missingI believe the lid of this late 19th c. tin box would once have read "Scholar's Companion" in gold stenciled letters against, but only a shadow of the lettering remains. No great loss as far as I am concerned as I love the exposed tin combined with solid red paint holding on to the sides. Of course the interior is the best part though, revealing a small ruler, ink pen and slate pencil still secured in the tin loops of the hinged lid's underside, and