Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) antique perpetual calendar I might guess completed by

I might guess completed by someone with painterly aspirations

even while not certain their original purpose (maybe originally blades for a crown molding plane

a horsehair mane and tail

I believe they were once part of a whole folk art Noah's ark set

Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) antique perpetual calendar I might guess completed byOne more antique spruce gum box from a group of three I purchased from a dealer in Nashville, but which likely originated in Maine or Canada. And this one, though with a few losses to the square corners, and a replaced slide lid that doesn't fit tightly, is in many ways the beauty of the group, carved of truly gorgeous burl wood. I think the oldest too, late ish 19th I would guess. Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes,