Wonderful Antique Hand-carved Heart Shaped Box with Scalloped Edges Everywhere miniature portrait painting plus that pink border with

plus that pink border with tiny knots along the top

Often incredibly ornate

1940s I'd guess

I'm such a sucker for little handmade paper dolls and assorted props made for play--pure embodiments of a lively imagination--and I just love envisioning the various dramas these little figures once acted out

I find this to be one of the most beautiful

Wonderful Antique Hand-carved Heart Shaped Box with Scalloped Edges Everywhere miniature portrait painting plus that pink border withOne of a number of hearts this week; I think even more than ever I am looking for tokens of love these days, to surround oneself with as buffers against so much harshness. And what a beauty of antique hand carved heart shaped box, radiating a whole lot of love and care (and time!) invested in its making. I've really never seen another this scale and with so detailed; more often one sees smaller, simpler versions (I have a second listed today that