Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box printmaking pattern and especially right for spelling

and especially right for spelling out ABOMINATION and (UN)PUNISHED

The glass shows a (to my eye) wonderful pattern of surface scratching over the green (but not much the cream) squares

A small tear along right edge as documented and small losses at corners and along bottom edge

7 1/2" x 2 x 5/8"

it in very good condition still

Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box printmaking pattern and especially right for spellingPhotos do no justice to this sweet old hand carved slide lid box; details give a better sense of the care invested in (quite delicately) carving BLADES in relief down one side, with carved flourishes above and below the letters too. Then three X's painted across the reverse side (making me think it may have been Xacto blades it held) and yellow squares with green outlines on the short ends. Quite a special feeling one for holding knives or razor