To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio A little minor surface scratching

A little minor surface scratching here and there

There is a piece of fishing line threaded through the rounded "cage" at top by which to hang it

Each measures approx 2 1/2" t x 1 3/4" w x 1/8" thick

8" x 7 1/6" across at base/mount

and the Makah basket today

To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart antique kindergarten folio A little minor surface scratchingI purchased this box from the same PA dealer as the spruce gum box listed today, and while this is not one of those, I do have the strong feeling it was carved by a logger I could swear I've seen a gum box carved by the same hand as this one, with just the same character and quality of chip carved decoration (and even the rectangular format of the decoration feels as if harkening to the gum book form.) In any case, here we have, happily, a date and