Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 1846 Ready Reckoner but with the invention of

but with the invention of both rubber gloves and rubber condoms following on the heels of Charles Goodyear's invention of vulcanized rubber in America 1839 (patented in 1844)

looks rather more with it

(Of course I would just leave as is

3 1/2" x 5 1/2

Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 1846 Ready Reckoner but with the invention ofOne of my favorites found at the Nashville shows, purchased from a great Pennsylvania dealer I buy from every time I see him, and from whom I would buy everything if I could afford it! Joys on every inch of this one, the creation of a Mary Karowske I presume, or else a gift to her, but I would like to think she proudly carved her name and carefully inlaid those mother of pearl moons and stars and birds and chairs and candles and cross and heart all by