Lovely Antique American Carved Out Box with Elegantly Detailed Slide Lid lidded micmac basket with old nail holes running

with old nail holes running along the top

and weighted on the underside

The paper shows its original fold lines

Signed at lower left but difficult to read

and perhaps it was her teacher who wrote Laura at bottom left

Lovely Antique American Carved Out Box with Elegantly Detailed Slide Lid lidded micmac basket with old nail holes runningThis I think is just the loveliest box. The box itself was carved from one piece of wood carefully hollowed out my favorite sort. And this this perfectly fitting, smoothly sliding lid, with diamond extending at one end just above the finger pull recess, and beautiful, to my eye rather Arts and Crafts feeling carved in details. 19th century American I believe, and just perfect. 6 3 8" x 2" x 1 5 8" t. Beautiful condition, beautiful patina, lid fits