A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices And there's a pile of

And there's a pile of more loose clipping that was stuck inside

which works well on the desk holding a pencil or two

4 3/16 x 3 1/4" and in very good condition

and while this one shows a couple of tears along the bottom edge (which I've mended from the reverse with transparent archival tape)

and quite a fine example--seems perhaps earlier than WW1 to me but certainly a hundred years old at least

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box medical devices And there's a pile ofThe great charms of this one are a bit subtle, but it's one of my favorite recent finds. Carved into the sides of the hand carved slide lid box on one side right side up, on the other upside down is the following: A Present from L. Hine to Mrs. Charity Kelsey and BrotheR [the R at the end of the next line] My age is 82 y Born Oc 5 1781." Which would mean the box was carved in 1863. And with a nice detail of deeper carving at the spot where he carved