Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box tabletop stand New Hampshire--a 4-mile-long cove of

New Hampshire--a 4-mile-long cove of Lake Winnipesaukee

Silver: 5 5/8" x 11/16"

but he also makes me think of a train conductor

who I understand from the seller died just recently at the age of 85

holding a wealth of wisdom

Lovingly Carved (and Painted) Old Folk Art Slide Lid Blades Box tabletop stand New Hampshire--a 4-mile-long cove ofPhotos 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