SOLD Henrietta Work's Very Wonderful Work! Mid 19th C. Box with Painted Interior Lid and Drawer mouths with the kayak made of

with the kayak made of hide

as a bonus

a couple of them signed

I'd guess this old cutout wooden stork head was once attached to a body and lived in a yard or garden somewhere

dated 1856

SOLD Henrietta Work's Very Wonderful Work! Mid 19th C. Box with Painted Interior Lid and Drawer mouths with the kayak made ofPure love for this box, one of those things that just had to be mine, and which I'll be glad to live with for the rest of my life. And I like it all the more for its humble exterior which does little suggest the rich joys of its interior life! Likely painted when Henrietta was just a school girl, proudly spelling out her full name in block letters between rainbow like arcs of color (and what an excellent name, seeming also to describe her efforts here