Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back drawing on collage which I presume was made

which I presume was made as a snuff box

The sculpture measures 10" long x 9 1/2" tall x 4 1/2" deep and is in excellent vintage condition

very visually satisfying

Just a couple of matchstick bits missing from the chimney

Light wear around the edges and a bit of staining and some tiny pin pricks to the surface right lower side

Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back drawing on collage which I presume was madeI 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