To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio beautifully constructed and with a

beautifully constructed and with a rich patina to the bark--and how to resist a box with a heart

which feels straight from a German Expressionist woodblock print

This one is a hundred times better than photos convey--the ground a somewhat darker

There is a piece of fishing line threaded through the rounded "cage" at top by which to hang it

and the Makah basket today

To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio beautifully constructed and with aI purchased this box from the same PA dealer as the spruce gum box listed today, and while this is not one of those, I do have the strong feeling it was carved by a logger I could swear I've seen a gum box carved by the same hand as this one, with just the same character and quality of chip carved decoration (and even the rectangular format of the decoration feels as if harkening to the gum book form.) In any case, here we have, happily, a date and