19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges Charles Goddall with the even numbered pages

with the even numbered pages blank

which is watermarked at upper left

I believe it is a dog's head

targeting visual-spatial reasoning skills

They are made of celluloid

19th C. Handmade Black Painted Pine Box with Wire Hinges Charles Goddall with the even numbered pagesI don't always have the easiest time selling old boxes, especially relatively plain ones whose charms are subtle, but every time I visited the little shop in Maine where I found this one I was be struck by it, so, finally, after three or four viewings I had to bring it home! It's actually just the sort of box that I love most, honest and useful, with its beauty deriving from its construction, function and use over time. I love the shallow carve out of