Hearts Inside Hearts, Charming Old Hand-carved Heart-shaped Box old painting on wood with a shard of rock

with a shard of rock lost here and there

Strung with twine on the backs for hanging

soft sand color

I really have no idea how one could have made this

Hearts Inside Hearts, Charming Old Hand-carved Heart-shaped Box old painting on wood with a shard of rockOne of two antique heart shaped boxes today, as who can every have too many hearts, and it is always time for a valentine. I don't come across hand carved heart shaped boxes like this very often, and when I do they are quite precious. I love the curvaceousness o this one, and the heart inside of heart inside of heart staining. This one came of of the personal collection of a New England dealer, from whom I also purchased the story of Witenose the Cat!