Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box Ernst Lorenzen was a forester/naturalist

Ernst Lorenzen was a forester/naturalist from Denmark and Alma an Acadian from Cocagne

4 3/4" across at lip

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I just love this solid walnut top as an object

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box Ernst Lorenzen was a forester/naturalistI found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation. In the basement was the husband's woodshop, loaded with old tools and equipment, and I would guess (or at least I like to imagine!) this box was made down there as a present to his wife. It certainly smacks of love and care, and I especially love the inlaid mother of pearl not quite symmetrical heart. The lid features a very