Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back expressionistic glaze There's a fair amount of

There's a fair amount of color on it still

which is about how old I'd guess this one is

1588/3000 meaning I suppose that she made 3000 sets of these

and great details

still very sturdy and sound

Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back expressionistic glaze There's a fair amount ofI love a book shaped box, or book shaped anything, really, and love the very folky relief carving as well as the hidden box deceptiveness! about this one. Terrific faces and hands and hair and surface on the mother and daughter in chair carved on the face of it, with ALBUM arching overhead making it all feel very cozy, and a wonderfully carved latch lock, too, spanning the gold painted recessed "pages" on the side. On the reverse, unusual in my