Old Hand-painted Ice Fishing Box with Excellent Red Lettering early 20th century Chinese cinnabar box "Thorny is the wicked's pill

"Thorny is the wicked's pill

with with small dings to the silver here and there

who was himself to the son of Abijah Crane (1741-1817)

Plus a handy hook on the end for hanging

all in good shape

Old Hand-painted Ice Fishing Box with Excellent Red Lettering early 20th century Chinese cinnabar box "Thorny is the wicked's pillMy guess is that this was the ice fishing tackle box of a boy of 13 or so who was also very into baseball, giving the "g" at the end of "Fishing" a very baseball uniform logo esque tail. The "ice" on the top, which makes me think of block ice and early Diary Queen and the like, is pretty fabulous too. I'm not sure if the third word on the lid is meant to read "gon'fishing" or is a last name, but either way this makes me purely happy. Plus three