Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 funny photo with wire holding a few

with wire holding a few joints together

I love an old herbarium with preserved plant samples

It will stand on its own on from the opening end but takes a flat surface and a little balancing

) Perfectly executed

Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 funny photo with wire holding a fewOne 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