Carved Arts and Crafts Large Wooden Scrapbook Japanese flower frog as is often the case

as is often the case with Northeast Coast native baskets

) is in fact an old handmade milking stool

This brass letter opener would feature in that spread

at whose estate sale I found it—that it was something—and I was right

Carved Arts and Crafts Large Wooden Scrapbook Japanese flower frog as is often the caseWhoever created this large wooden scrapbook long ago must have had pretty grand expectations for the arts and crafts projects it would contain, as they put an awfully lot of work into the carving of the cover, and did a very beautiful job, I think! Perhaps they made it to bind the work of a class, or a group of summer campers, or maybe just their own masterpieces. I found it empty, but would certainly love to see it put to use, though I might myself