Lot #410: Title: Vintage & Antique Wooden Boxes – Stamp Box, Match Striker & Folk Art Desk Boxes

Charming collection of small vintage and antique wooden boxes, each with its own distinctive construction, patina and character. These utilitarian little boxes were made to be used, and their age-related wear gives them wonderful primitive appeal. Lot includes several styles, including a hinged wooden box with divided interior currently holding a U.S. Einstein postage stamp, an older red-lined wooden box, a clever two-part sliding/swiveling box with decorative hand-drawn floral and border designs and an inset textured striking surface, and a dark wood hinged box embellished with a floral motif. Interesting details include old metal hinges and hardware, hand-fitted wooden construction, divided interiors, decorative embellishments, and considerable surface patina from years of handling and use. The unusual match-striker box is particularly fun—the two wooden panels pivot apart to reveal the striker concealed beneath. A wonderful group for collectors of primitive and folk-art objects, antique desk accessories, treen, old boxes and unusual smalls. Pickup category timeslot {B}