Given to Joyce by Gladys, whose Son George May Have Made it, Old Stacked Layers Treen Heart Shaped Box antique kindergarden There is some white residue

There is some white residue along the seams here and there

and some of the powder substance still inside--an iron carbonate used extensively in the early to mid 19th century for treating everything from anemia to hemorrhages to yellow fever (typically dissolved in acid and mixed with alcohol form what I can tell

or perhaps foreshadowing one yet to come

referred to in the last sentence

Given to Joyce by Gladys, whose Son George May Have Made it, Old Stacked Layers Treen Heart Shaped Box antique kindergarden There is some white residueGiven to Joyce Palmer by Gladys Frederick, whose son George may have made it. Well, you know I love a note like that. And, always, a heart shaped box, the body of this one composed of eight stacked layers of alternating woods, and with a heart nailed to the underside of the lid so that it fits just right. Nicely done, whether by George or someone else! Earlier 20th century I believe, bright and crisp. 4 1 2" x 4 1 2" x 2 1 4" t. Excellent condition.