Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box folk art pipe rack but I think this very

but I think this very early ‘90s hand-painted checkerboard makes a pretty strong argument for a more contemporary iteration

to its four sweet hand-carved feet--the love and labor is deeply palpable

fashioned of old crate wood showing a stenciled tea label on the underside of the top lid

The sweetgrass has broken in one spot on the body of the basket and in one area along the edge of the lid

and super sweet

Complete Antique Carved Bone Alphabet in Slide Top Box folk art pipe rack but I think this veryIm always opening small Victorian era boxes just like this one hoping to find bone letters inside, and, happily, here were these! A complete capital letter alphabet inside, A to Z, which looks likely a merger of a couple of different sets, as there are some letters a bit taller and wider and thicker than others. I understand that these were originally used as an aid for teaching children the alphabet and spellingand how much more enjoyable that would