Beautifully Worn Old Leather Box handblown glass bowl features an elegant relief design

features an elegant relief design in shades of silver

Plus the pewter walnuts themselves are just great objects

Best is the pinched edge along one side and almost pitcher-like opening at the corner of the other

functional to boot

I love him all the more for the fact that he is pretty battered at this point--though happily he remains structurally solid

Beautifully Worn Old Leather Box handblown glass bowl features an elegant relief designThis old box would feel right at home in a library or study filled with old books, leather club chairs and maybe a fireplace ( wafting cigar smoke, too!) I'd guess it might have been made as a card box (I believe two decks would fit inside), but would be good for all sorts of things. The leather is wonderfully worn to a warm dark brown and it just has a great feeling to it. The leather hinge connecting the lid to base on the back side is mostly split