Sweet Little Antique Book Shaped Secret Opening Box with Inlaid Bird sea moss collection it is just SO GOOD

it is just SO GOOD and every time I look at it I love it even more

and this was as especially fun one to find

I love these three men engaged with one another in a sort of naturally occurring conversation pit enveloped by a landscape in greens and browns and pinks--seems almost like a therapy session set in nature

and lovingly made little object

Sweet Little Antique Book Shaped Secret Opening Box with Inlaid Bird sea moss collection it is just SO GOODI've had one other book shaped box constructed like this little one, that one also from Pennsylvania. The spine here slides a nudge and then pops off, revealing two brass screws on the side of the box that slide into the grooves of the brass plate on the spine piece to hold it all together. (All as shown in later photos). Once that spine is removed, one can open the slide lid of on the back side of the box to stash one's tiny treasures in what feels