Super Sweet Antique Primitive Book Shaped Pencil Box with Wire Hinges mahogany painters palette and I would think late

and I would think late 19th or early 20th century

Jones first carved miniature figures and animals from the local yellow poplar

and have seen a few other varieties as well

made to hold cards and pegs

Rice’s fervent “fire and brimstone” messages could be scary

Super Sweet Antique Primitive Book Shaped Pencil Box with Wire Hinges mahogany painters palette and I would think lateI really love this old box, I presume made for holding writing implements. It looks like a tall and narrow book to me, with the short sides slightly recessed from the long sides so as to look like pages. With its original wired hinges, and a wire loop that comes up through a cut in the wood of the top to meet a small brass hook. Nice bleeding around the forged iron nails, and a well worn woven green fabric lining. First half 19th c. I'd think, and