A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices 4 3/16 x 3 1/4"

4 3/16 x 3 1/4" and in very good condition

this past week I went back to the same dealer who had put out a few more and I snapped them right up--and this one

You know I love an alphabet

including an extensive section of Southwest Michigan's Business and Tourism website dedicated to the history of the Silver Beach Amusement Park

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices 4 3/16 x 3 1/4"The great charms of this one are a bit subtle, but it's one of my favorite recent finds. Carved into the sides of the hand carved slide lid box on one side right side up, on the other upside down is the following: A Present from L. Hine to Mrs. Charity Kelsey and BrotheR [the R at the end of the next line] My age is 82 y Born Oc 5 1781." Which would mean the box was carved in 1863. And with a nice detail of deeper carving at the spot where he carved