Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses carved. boot One of two stone carved

One of two stone carved books this week

Among my very favorite recent finds

but also for the its graceful form and lightness on its feet and the not quite perfectly rounded arches cut into its sides

Louis Art Museum

invigorating early morning outing

Marvelous Double Sided Antique PA Folk Art Box with Inlaid Horses carved. boot One of two stone carvedAmong my very favorite PA finds, and among my favorite finds ever just look at these horses! So specifically and lovingly rendered in inlaid wood, with finely incised lines for their manes I have to think these were two much loved particular horses, and that the box was made, perhaps by a husband for his wife, who loved these horses very much. (They also feel a bit like human surrogates, making a very handsome couple.) I'm not sure if the relatively