Antique Hand Painted Dovetailed Wood Church Ballot Box "Communications for Minister" Vermont and has a listed

Vermont and has a listed patent date of 1903

On the interior cloth is written

with some chipping consistent with age and use

Dimensions: 14

but does show significant wear from use

Antique Hand Painted Dovetailed Wood Church Ballot Box "Communications for Minister" Vermont and has a listedHere is an incredible antique piece of church history. It is a charming and well crafted wooden box with very nice hand done dovetails and a hinged lid. There is a slot in the lid to deposit communications or ballots. The front of the brown painted box features lovely hand done gold lettering reading, "Communications for Minister." The box likely sat in a church where parishioners could anonymously deposit thoughts, confessions, or suggestions to the