A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary Richard Rohac (1906–1956) was an

Richard Rohac (1906–1956) was an Austrian designer and master metal craftsman based in in Vienna

with a patina beginning to develop on the dry wood surface

4 7/8" across at base

which feels to me like pointed critique

and the very end of a bat in the hand of the boy in the foreground

A Present from L. Hine, Age 82, to Mrs. Charity Kelsey, in 1863, Very Tender Carved Pine Slide Lid Box the virgin mary Richard Rohac (1906–1956) was anThe 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