SOLD Gorgeous c. 1870s Very Finely Carved Slide Lid, Three Compartment Box of One Piece of Wood, British gift for needle artist and would guess 1920s-30s

and would guess 1920s-30s

Gouache on heavyweight board

I’ve been eyeing the decorative use of stickpins on old pin cushions and other little things of late

and the pleasure of mixing and matching the pieces

This beautiful little copper object

SOLD Gorgeous c. 1870s Very Finely Carved Slide Lid, Three Compartment Box of One Piece of Wood, British gift for needle artist and would guess 1920s-30sJust a stunner of hand carved hardwood box whimsies are one thing, but how could someone have so perfectly carved this lid??? And how satisfying to have such an excellent raised pull to that lid, making sliding it open feel like an event and a joy. The box itself carved of one piece of wood, with three perfectly shaped compartments. I have found, with some searching, a very similar one (I would guess carved by the same maker) described as British c.