Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box stone fruit peach which is not only good

which is not only good for stacking but also for spinning like a top

I think the silkscreen red and blue plaids on these are just gorgeous

transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe

and a patent for an (unsuccessful) aerial steam carriage

Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box stone fruit peach which is not only goodPhotos do no justice to this sweet old hand carved slide lid box; details give a better sense of the care invested in (quite delicately) carving BLADES in relief down one side, with carved flourishes above and below the letters too. Then three X's painted across the reverse side (making me think it may have been Xacto blades it held) and yellow squares with green outlines on the short ends. Quite a special feeling one for holding knives or razor