A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary it is very very close

it is very very close to complete

with a patina beginning to develop on the dry wood surface

to the staggered double row of brass cymbals

Richard Rohac (1906–1956) was an Austrian designer and master metal craftsman based in in Vienna

and the very end of a bat in the hand of the boy in the foreground

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary it is very very closeThe great charms of this one are a bit subtle, but it's one of my favorite recent finds. Carved into the sides of the hand carved slide lid box on one side right side up, on the other upside down is the following: A Present from L. Hine to Mrs. Charity Kelsey and BrotheR [the R at the end of the next line] My age is 82 y Born Oc 5 1781." Which would mean the box was carved in 1863. And with a nice detail of deeper carving at the spot where he carved