Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs victorian era and hitting the target at

and hitting the target at the center will pop them back up--which of course one can do manually

There is a very old paper towel sitting underneath them in the tray for cushion--easily removed

from when ashtrays were considered design objects

Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist

Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs victorian era and hitting the target atA charmer of a tiny box, and certainly a very old one, carved of pine with a fantastic patina now, and found with a handful of old ink pen nibs inside. It looks, at least to me, that the box (excepting the sliding lid) was carved from one piece of wood, but due to a split along one edge a couple of tiny nails were added as reinforcement. Though there's been a bit more minor splitting since, but it's held up well, as the slide top slides easily and