Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern The contents are in excellent

The contents are in excellent condition

which I think have just a terrific form

vividly colored pattern in red

The handle is marked "Warranteed Secure"

and really love the patterning of the blonde and darker wood--product of a very labor intensive effort

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern The contents are in excellentI 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