Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern and really love the patterning

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

and the print seems in very good condition

vividly colored pattern in red

and who taught for many years at Monserrat College of Art in Beverly

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern and really love the patterningI 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