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or the plainer rosewood one on the right. Painted boxes 

 were sometimes to be seen. The one shown has a dark- 



Painted Box 



blue ground, and is painted with birds and flowers of an 

 oriental character. The inside is red. 



Money-boxes for children were to be had at the fairs 



Mary Smith's Money-Box 



and china shops in many forms of earthenware and china. 

 The one with a stem and foot is the only one I have seen 



