Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 funny photo 6 1/2" t x 4

6 1/2" t x 4 1/4" wide x 2 5/8" deep and in very good condition

or gophers (or heads of squirrels if one prefers to think of them

and also wonderfully evocative

struck me as quite poignant

Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 funny photo 6 1/2" t x 4One of my favorites found at the Nashville shows, purchased from a great Pennsylvania dealer I buy from every time I see him, and from whom I would buy everything if I could afford it! Joys on every inch of this one, the creation of a Mary Karowske I presume, or else a gift to her, but I would like to think she proudly carved her name and carefully inlaid those mother of pearl moons and stars and birds and chairs and candles and cross and heart all by