"Morn by Wood" Antique Folk Art Carved Book on Starry Panel boy-dog finely made cinnabar-colored early 20th

finely made cinnabar-colored early 20th century Burmese lacquer betel box

well done and only noticeable if looking for it

I really might instead turn it upside down and build an alter around this one

Nearly 200 years old

and looks great with pretty much everything

"Morn by Wood" Antique Folk Art Carved Book on Starry Panel boy-dog finely made cinnabar-colored early 20thI love carved books of all sorts, and this one, found in Pennsylvania, is both beautiful and curious. Into the spine is carved "Morn by Wood", the "Wood" I have to think a playful reference to the material from which the book was carved. And then on the face of it garlands and stars carved all around the title, highlighted in gold paint , as are the edges of the pages, and feeling about as optimistic as the coming dawn, while at the same time perhaps