Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) antique perpetual calendar I especially love the violets

I especially love the violets

Substantial in size and presence

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Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) antique perpetual calendar I especially love the violetsOne more antique spruce gum box from a group of three I purchased from a dealer in Nashville, but which likely originated in Maine or Canada. And this one, though with a few losses to the square corners, and a replaced slide lid that doesn't fit tightly, is in many ways the beauty of the group, carved of truly gorgeous burl wood. I think the oldest too, late ish 19th I would guess. Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes,