To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio This one is a hundred

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

minor and only visible when flipped over

10" wide x 7 1/2" deep x 7" tall

A lovely little hand thrown pottery bud vase with painterly pink iris and pale green leaves

To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio This one is a hundredI 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