To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart wooden toy boart and lined with wood inside

and lined with wood inside

Another good one for the cabinet of curiosities for sure

I don't think it matters a bit if one is to indeed use it as a planter

held in a fist

and I am guessing specifically somewhere not far from me in Ipswich

To Celia Woods from Aunt Rena, 1862, Vermont: Perfect Condition Carved Out, Chip Carved Blonde Wood Slide Lid Box with Heart wooden toy boart and lined with wood insideI purchased this box from the same PA dealer as the spruce gum box listed today, and while this is not one of those, I do have the strong feeling it was carved by a logger I could swear I've seen a gum box carved by the same hand as this one, with just the same character and quality of chip carved decoration (and even the rectangular format of the decoration feels as if harkening to the gum book form.) In any case, here we have, happily, a date and