Beautiful Antique Carved Heart Shaped Box, Ex. "Smitty" Axtell Collection small bowls darker on one side toward

darker on one side toward the tail

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Beautiful Antique Carved Heart Shaped Box, Ex. "Smitty" Axtell Collection small bowls darker on one side towardI know this beautiful little carved box came from the collection of Richard Smitty Axtell (Skinner recently held an auction of many pieces from his collection in "Smitty's Eye: The Axtell Collection") of Deposit, New York, whose collection focused on American antiques especially burl and other woodenware. This looks like burl to me, and beautifully carved, with bat wing like points to the heart on the exterior, but then a rounded heart carved out