Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) brown rabbit late 19th/early 20th I believe

late 19th/early 20th I believe

I've had the pleasure of visiting Monhegan Island

Stable and not shedding or especially fragile

some aging to the exterior surface as documented

Antique Carved Burl Wood Spruce Gum Box (Small Corner Losses and Replaced Slide Lid) brown rabbit late 19th/early 20th I believeOne more antique spruce gum box from a group of three I purchased from a dealer in Nashville, but which likely originated in Maine or Canada. And this one, though with a few losses to the square corners, and a replaced slide lid that doesn't fit tightly, is in many ways the beauty of the group, carved of truly gorgeous burl wood. I think the oldest too, late ish 19th I would guess. Associated with logging and lumbering activities, spruce gum boxes,