Wonderful 19th C. Carved Out Box with Butterfly and Original Paint Decoration roman glass bottle lined with silky purple-brown fabric

lined with silky purple-brown fabric

In very good condition

a near complete pad of score sheets

just perfectly imperfect

Wonderful 19th C. Carved Out Box with Butterfly and Original Paint Decoration roman glass bottle lined with silky purple-brown fabricThis one feels like my real find of the week (it is getting so hard to find things that are undervalued, I must say!), which I purchased on ebay in a largely unnoticed auction listing from a seller not typically dealing in older things. And quite an old box it is, with the interesting shape, entirely carved out of a block of wood no nails; the only hardware is the hinges holding on the lid. The paint decoration is original to it and just gorgeous