Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart matte black This is the sort of

This is the sort of object one wants to arrange other things around

which has been carefully hand-cut and hand-painted

Such baskets were only produced at specific times of year

Really a lovely piece

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart matte black This is the sort ofI 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