Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top Pinocchio and a small image of

and a small image of Shoulao

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

whose left-handedness results in the “backwards” stitch that this basket displays

Oil on canvas

one with petals open toward us

Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top Pinocchio and a small image ofI think it is possible that this lovely treen box is a snuff box, or, if not, I'd think a spice box the space inside is not very large, suggesting that it was made to hold something fairly precious, which one would likely dispense using a little spoon The wood on this lathe turned piece is just gorgeous, as is its form, from beautifully rounded bottom to finely detailed little finial on top. And the threaded top half screws tightly onto the bottom to