Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS Kilburn Brothers stereo card with a little loss of

with a little loss of stain along the edges

jointed figure suspended forever at the center of this long arching twig

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7" x 4 1/2" and in good condition

Metalsmith Made Miniature Trunk Box, Marked MS Kilburn Brothers stereo card with a little loss ofI purchased this little trunk shaped box, as well as an octagonal one with dove by the same maker, from a dealer friend in Cambridge with one of the very best eyes I know. They both have the first glance feeling of very sweet folk objects to me, almost with the feel of trench art pieces, but yet they're quite nicely crafted, and stamped with a maker's mark, MS, on the underside. Definitely with good age, earlyish 20th c. I would guess and how nice a