Sweet Little Antique Book Shaped Secret Opening Box with Inlaid Bird sea moss collection The screw holding the turning

The screw holding the turning arm on the lid no longer threads into to hole in the base of the box--perhaps there was a threaded piece inside the hole that is lost--so the lid just lifts off

and this is one of two old handmade marble solitaire boards I've just snatched up in order to put them to good use

Finding this one made me really happy

plus a full head of hair

Sweet Little Antique Book Shaped Secret Opening Box with Inlaid Bird sea moss collection The screw holding the turningI've had one other book shaped box constructed like this little one, that one also from Pennsylvania. The spine here slides a nudge and then pops off, revealing two brass screws on the side of the box that slide into the grooves of the brass plate on the spine piece to hold it all together. (All as shown in later photos). Once that spine is removed, one can open the slide lid of on the back side of the box to stash one's tiny treasures in what feels