Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box contemporary and ancient

contemporary and ancient

I can't imagine a child--or an adult

11" corner to corner

Nothing fussy about this hand-painted vintage sign

25ʺ and 6

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box contemporary and ancientI found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation. In the basement was the husband's woodshop, loaded with old tools and equipment, and I would guess (or at least I like to imagine!) this box was made down there as a present to his wife. It certainly smacks of love and care, and I especially love the inlaid mother of pearl not quite symmetrical heart. The lid features a very