Hand-carved Antique Slide Top Box with Fantastic Patina ice fishing lure Shortest 3 1/2" long

Shortest 3 1/2" long

the National Museum in Stockholm

or past and future

The upper body of the figure is attached to a steel post which sticks through a hole at the center of the legs

Each spoon measures 2 7/8" long x 9/16" wide x just shy of 1/2" deep

Hand-carved Antique Slide Top Box with Fantastic Patina ice fishing lure Shortest 3 1/2" longPhotos don't come close to doing justice to this beautiful, very old carved slide top box; it is just gorgeous. The bottom half is entirely carved from one piece of wood, no joints, with two pairs of lovely carved notches along the edges of the rail on the top, into which the sliding lid fits perfectly, nice and tight. The patina on this one a beautiful thing, warm and radiant, with edges and old scratches softened and smoothed from wear. 6" l x 2 1