Marvelous Antique Whaler Made Folk Art Snuff Box with Primitive Figures antique retable on wood and those wing-like lace shoulders

and those wing-like lace shoulders that really sold me on this

And note that even the hand-drawn eyes are hearts (with long eyelashes)

designating where the Eastern Stars were meant to assemble

Most often one sees a little breakage to the splints at the very center of the lid on these here there is visible bend

This is a luscious vintage 1976 gouache and pencil on board rendering of a Rockwell Sabeliner 75A corporate jet

Marvelous Antique Whaler Made Folk Art Snuff Box with Primitive Figures antique retable on wood and those wing-like lace shouldersThis may just be my favorite find ever, combining just about everything that I love most in one very singular small object. It is a snuff box, pre 1850 I believe based on style and construction, and I am quite sure whaler made. In stark contrast to the fancier scrimshawing one typically sees on whale teeth and the like, what I love about this is the primitiveness of these carved figures, one on one side and a pair on the other, and with these almost