Early, Beautifully Detailed Carved Out Slide Lid Box homemade book was finished with a hardened

was finished with a hardened varnish or shellac and bears a great rich patina

I'm completely smitten with them

The entries are numbered to correspond to days of the month

with the rust creeping up toward those trusty and official looking capital white letters

though she's resilient and still stands proudly upright

Early, Beautifully Detailed Carved Out Slide Lid Box homemade book was finished with a hardenedThis is quite an old box, I believe earlyish 19th c. if not older, and quite a wonderful one I think, carved out from one piece of wood, with a great deal of effort invested in decorative carving on the long sides cross hatching on one and a more complex pattern of chip carving on the other. I love the raised pull end of the slide lid, which looks rather like a pillow at the head of a bed, with a piece of iron stretched over the top looking rather