SOLD 19th Century Book Shaped Spruce Gum Box with wonderful Inlays and Chip Carving (No Slide) antique erzgebirge and found refuge in a

and found refuge in a gap in the gorge he was walking through

There is some glare in photos

I'm not expert enough to say

Some ingrained dirt and age toning as pictured but really great condition

or perhaps it will sail on by

SOLD 19th Century Book Shaped Spruce Gum Box with wonderful Inlays and Chip Carving (No Slide) antique erzgebirge and found refuge in aI'm always happy when I bring home a spruce gum box they've gotten so precious I most often just have to admire them and let them go and of course anything with inlaid heart or star, or both, on it too! (And what a fabulous star here especially.) Kin to sailor's valentines and knotwork baskets, spruce gum boxes (also called gum books as they were primarily shaped like books) were made by loggers far from home to bring home to sweethearts and loved