Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box I can't imagine a child--or

I can't imagine a child--or an adult

applied on the surface of a woven bamboo or wood object

with the care and skill of their maker palpable

I just love this solid walnut top as an object

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

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart orange lacquer box I can't imagine a child--orI 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