A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary These are large--4 3/8" x

These are large--4 3/8" x 3" each--color litho on substantial cardboard with pale pink backs

which feels to me like pointed critique

It is a "Trovascope"-- designed by artist Ernest Trova (1927-2009) for the Museum of Modern Art in 1974

but don't know for certain

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary These are large--4 3/8" xThe great charms of this one are a bit subtle, but it's one of my favorite recent finds. Carved into the sides of the hand carved slide lid box on one side right side up, on the other upside down is the following: A Present from L. Hine to Mrs. Charity Kelsey and BrotheR [the R at the end of the next line] My age is 82 y Born Oc 5 1781." Which would mean the box was carved in 1863. And with a nice detail of deeper carving at the spot where he carved