Early American Watch Box with Original Paint and Bone Inlay bolero But even amid many

But even amid many

(I have found a few other examples featuring pencil written names like this

which I purchased from an excellent dealer who had it in his personal collection for several decades

These days

which are both familiar in format but also tell us much about the times: "If 100 men besieged in a town

Early American Watch Box with Original Paint and Bone Inlay bolero But even amid manyI believe this wall box was made to hold a pocket watch, and I believe is is quite an old one, early 19th century be my guess. The inlays on the front are bone, the brown paint original, carved wooden pins for nails I believe and it looks to me as if there is at least one small carved bone pin used (visible in a hole at the top (documented in detail photo.) I really love the way just the top half of the front slides up and off for access to the