Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing A super creature--at first I

A super creature--at first I though cat

excepting what looks like graphite or charcoal marks on cover

1895 (and including what appear to be fairly substantial assets

It seems that it is a heavy cardboard roll to which the fabric is tacked

Really a super sweet little thing

Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing A super creature--at first II purchased this wonderful box this summer from a dealer in Pennsylvania and wanted to live with it a bit! He thought perhaps Victorian era; I might guess is 1920s 40s, but am not completely sure, nor I am certain of its origins. It feels a bit miraculous to me though, the way this face is carved into the burl, making perfect use of the color variation, and with the grain of the burl itself giving waves to the hair and then stippled carving on the