Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart hand carved toy then filled with colored lacquer

then filled with colored lacquer

who purchased it in Sweden

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handwoven on a backstop loom

with bright orange body

Lidded Handmade Wooden Box with Inlaid Mother of Pearl Heart hand carved toy then filled with colored lacquerI found this wonderful box at an estate sale in MA in a modest house packed to the gills with a long lifetime's accumulation. In the basement was the husband's woodshop, loaded with old tools and equipment, and I would guess (or at least I like to imagine!) this box was made down there as a present to his wife. It certainly smacks of love and care, and I especially love the inlaid mother of pearl not quite symmetrical heart. The lid features a very