A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices You know I love an

You know I love an alphabet

4 3/16 x 3 1/4" and in very good condition

Just a great hand-thrown pottery vase by Jeff Brown--nice and earthy

this past week I went back to the same dealer who had put out a few more and I snapped them right up--and this one

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices You know I love anThe great charms of this one are a bit subtle, but it's one of my favorite recent finds. Carved into the sides of the hand carved slide lid box on one side right side up, on the other upside down is the following: A Present from L. Hine to Mrs. Charity Kelsey and BrotheR [the R at the end of the next line] My age is 82 y Born Oc 5 1781." Which would mean the box was carved in 1863. And with a nice detail of deeper carving at the spot where he carved