Antique Folk Art Cigar Box Wood Doll Chest with Mirror Plus Wash Stand in Blue and Silver acrobats perhaps carefully arranged to spell

perhaps carefully arranged to spell out a word or two across the expanse of its cap

of the sort that trade beads are made of

scull and crossbones

There is a loop on the backside of the handle that makes me think the catch might once have been operated with a pull string

Antique Folk Art Cigar Box Wood Doll Chest with Mirror Plus Wash Stand in Blue and Silver acrobats perhaps carefully arranged to spellA sweet old pair, periwinkle blue gray paint with silver trim, dating I believe to the late 19th or very early 20th century. With a hammered tin panel mounted to the top section of the taller one, and metal framed mirror adhered to that. I presume the one at left is meant to be a wash stand, with the horizontal dowels meant for linens. With antique cigar box labels all over the drawers, including one dated 1886. Very charming, and in great shape.