John Jenkins' Marvelous 1891 Carved Box with Reclining Nude handmade shelf but not one with a

but not one with a whole scenario unfolding atop of it

There is some wear to the binding and corners of the cover and some of the writing is a bit faint

painterly glaze

There's not a chip or crack on it that I can see

John Jenkins' Marvelous 1891 Carved Box with Reclining Nude handmade shelf but not one with aLove, love, love this one, loaded with wonderful details such as not one but two pillows for our Venus (of sorts) to recline upon, though she still does look a bit uncomfortable! Heart, diamond, club and spade too, plus a funny little dome to fill an empty corner, then deeply carved flowers and stems across the top, more ornament on the sides, and the name of its proud maker John Jenkins in capital letters across the back with the year framed in