SOLD Gorgeous c. 1870s Very Finely Carved Slide Lid, Three Compartment Box of One Piece of Wood, British the protector at one point this house

at one point this house would have illuminated

wonderfully strange looking thing

lovingly constructed and joined by tiny tiny tiny nails

I'd guess mended at some point

SOLD Gorgeous c. 1870s Very Finely Carved Slide Lid, Three Compartment Box of One Piece of Wood, British the protector at one point this houseJust a stunner of hand carved hardwood box whimsies are one thing, but how could someone have so perfectly carved this lid??? And how satisfying to have such an excellent raised pull to that lid, making sliding it open feel like an event and a joy. The box itself carved of one piece of wood, with three perfectly shaped compartments. I have found, with some searching, a very similar one (I would guess carved by the same maker) described as British c.