Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back expressionistic glaze very lovely

very lovely

I'm sure none are later than very early 20th century

and great details

There's a fair amount of color on it still

which I have not tried to polish

Antique Relief Carved Folk Art Book Shaped Box with Mother, Daughter, and Slide Opening Back expressionistic glaze very lovelyI love a book shaped box, or book shaped anything, really, and love the very folky relief carving as well as the hidden box deceptiveness! about this one. Terrific faces and hands and hair and surface on the mother and daughter in chair carved on the face of it, with ALBUM arching overhead making it all feel very cozy, and a wonderfully carved latch lock, too, spanning the gold painted recessed "pages" on the side. On the reverse, unusual in my