Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw on the front below a

on the front below a few white paint strokes (I am not entirely sure whether these are meant to detail its tail

This terrific vintage one

with the most notable  chips on one side of one handle

and those wonderful little wings

I am pretty certain this fantastic folk art dog is Canadian

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw on the front below aI first picked up this box (on a recent real world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior, but was happy to open it to discover it's a writing box, with a nice red velvet covered writing slope inside, which lifts to reveal compartments beneath it on either side, and a little drawer with recesses at bottom, too. I'd never actually sat down and used one of these before, but in fact is it both super useful and quite a pleasure, and in absence