Lovely, Excellent Condition 19th Century Spruce Gum Box with Center Star and Sweet Details antique wooden shelf reading rather like two crowns

reading rather like two crowns pointing in opposite directions

I love all things signal flags and semaphore

dated 1910

An article by Paul Collins published in Cabinet Magazine creates an compelling portrait of the company and speculation around their products

Lovely, Excellent Condition 19th Century Spruce Gum Box with Center Star and Sweet Details antique wooden shelf reading rather like two crownsI found this wonderful antique spruce gum box in Pennsylvania, with the star and manner of the chip carving suggesting to me perhaps made by a Pennsylvania Dutch logger working up north (?) Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes, also known as gum books, were the work of lumberman, especially in Maine, carved for love ones while working deep in the woods. As here, they were typically carved from a solid piece of wood in the