Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 turtle shaped lacquer box I especially love the shadow

I especially love the shadow images age toning has yielded on the facing pages

snake-like circular and square coils interrupting the horizontal ones

as if he has a wedding ring in one of those pockets and is about to pop the question

turning the wirework advertising trivet into a handy--and great looking--standing frame

but when they're good I think they're good like nothing else

Friendship, Love and Truth, Mary Karowske's Wonderful Hidden Compartment Book Box with Carving and Inlays, 1900 turtle shaped lacquer box I especially love the shadowOne of my favorites found at the Nashville shows, purchased from a great Pennsylvania dealer I buy from every time I see him, and from whom I would buy everything if I could afford it! Joys on every inch of this one, the creation of a Mary Karowske I presume, or else a gift to her, but I would like to think she proudly carved her name and carefully inlaid those mother of pearl moons and stars and birds and chairs and candles and cross and heart all by