Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern The contents are in excellent

The contents are in excellent condition

vividly colored pattern in red

and who taught for many years at Monserrat College of Art in Beverly

which I think have just a terrific form

I'd put it atop a stack of books on the bookshelf or on a ledge somewhere--a charming reminder to be brave and get after it

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart incised pattern The contents are in excellentI found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation. In the basement was the husband's woodshop, loaded with old tools and equipment, and I would guess (or at least I like to imagine!) this box was made down there as a present to his wife. It certainly smacks of love and care, and I especially love the inlaid mother of pearl not quite symmetrical heart. The lid features a very