Three Highly Desirable 19thC Stained & Painted Pine Rectangular Storage Boxes for "W. Paterson`s Rice Starch, London" sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles each now worn commensurate with

each now worn commensurate with use

dating this piece as an early one of its kind

What cannot be in doubt

and with a the feel of a ship’s figurehead in many respects

There is some slight peel to the lacquer and one or two old worm holes

Three Highly Desirable 19thC Stained & Painted Pine Rectangular Storage Boxes for "W. Paterson`s Rice Starch, London" sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles each now worn commensurate withOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1840 70 Each: Width: 19 inches Height: 11 inches Depth: 12 inches In original condition, the rectangular containers stencilled in black to sides "W. Paterson`s Rice Starch, London", the pine stained and painted to simulate mahogany with ebony stringing with remnants of paper travelling labels, each with the original cast iron drop handles. In un restored condition, the well