L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper antique wallpaper collar box And with beautiful original wood

And with beautiful original wood panel back

with the expression on this young man's face seeming as if aware of being dislocated in time

cracks or other flaws anywhere that I can see

A bit like tinker toys

stretched over a pine frame

L'Odyssee d'Homere, 1785, French Secret Compartment Book Box with Gorgeous Marbled Paper antique wallpaper collar box And with beautiful original woodI really love antique French book boxes, with a large section of pages adhered and carved out to create a secret compartment for stashing secret things. I don't come across them often but had been actively looking for one (seems to me now is a useful time to get a chunk of emergency cash out of the bank and stash it somewhere safe) when I found this one in a great antiques shop near Albany. And its a great one, in beautiful condition, and with very