A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices which works well on the

which works well on the desk holding a pencil or two

and while this one shows a couple of tears along the bottom edge (which I've mended from the reverse with transparent archival tape)

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

then release them from various points to chart their flights

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices which works well on theThe 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