Old Folk Art Puzzle Box with Inlaid Stars and Shields carved bone lovingly made little object and

lovingly made little object and reminder

I found this one along with the sights of Rockland Maine drawing just listed--both done one pre-printed pages from some sort of booklet of art lessons

but thanks to a handy attribution written by his maker on the back of the base

in  1/8" inch increments

Nice old dry wood patinas on both

Old Folk Art Puzzle Box with Inlaid Stars and Shields carved bone lovingly made little object andI love an old folk art box with inlays, and a puzzle box even more, even better for stars on top and a red velvet lining! This box is not 100% perfect in its puzzle functioning: there is one missing bit on one short side, which allows one to cheat the proper lid opening process by raising the lid over the screw if desired, but one can still open it the right way by rotating one half of the lid out, then sliding the lid over, then rotating the other