Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet antique Painting box and can almost smell these

and can almost smell these

wall scrolls

with a few small hairline cracks around the neck of the crane on side 1 and one scrape to the surface of the lower section of the planter on side 2

I believe it is carved of Butternut

Sold as a very charming pair

Charming Antique Pencil or Crayon Box with Imperfectly Ordered Alphabet antique Painting box and can almost smell theseThis old handmade box makes me very happy, purchased from a dealer in Pennsylvania. The multi color alphabet across the top makes me imagine it once held a trove of bone letters (if only it did still!) though perhaps it was just made for pencils and crayons, marks of the latter much evident in the interior. In any case, I find those rows of neatly lined up letters in shades of yellow, green and orange letters beautiful, but even better is the fact