Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 turtle shaped lacquer box with just light rusting

with just light rusting

but when they're good I think they're good like nothing else

and it may have been a fairgrounds prize or advertising giveaway

turning the wirework advertising trivet into a handy--and great looking--standing frame

Each cufflink is marked 585 on the stem

Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 turtle shaped lacquer box with just light rustingOne of my favorites found at the Nashville shows, purchased from a great Pennsylvania dealer I buy from every time I see him, and from whom I would buy everything if I could afford it! Joys on every inch of this one, the creation of a Mary Karowske I presume, or else a gift to her, but I would like to think she proudly carved her name and carefully inlaid those mother of pearl moons and stars and birds and chairs and candles and cross and heart all by