Hearts Inside Hearts, Charming Old Hand-carved Heart-shaped Box lightening painting This is an earlyish 20th

This is an earlyish 20th century fraternal one

well stuffed with either straw or perhaps more shredded cornhusk

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I found this one in New Bedford

The drawer here is made of cigar box wood

Hearts Inside Hearts, Charming Old Hand-carved Heart-shaped Box lightening painting This is an earlyish 20thOne of two antique heart shaped boxes today, as who can every have too many hearts, and it is always time for a valentine. I don't come across hand carved heart shaped boxes like this very often, and when I do they are quite precious. I love the curvaceousness o this one, and the heart inside of heart inside of heart staining. This one came of of the personal collection of a New England dealer, from whom I also purchased the story of Witenose the Cat!