Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs fraternal order emblem but all the better for

but all the better for it

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The point on one star on one of the short sides is missing

from top of head to end of peg is 5 1/8"

Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs fraternal order emblem but all the better forA charmer of a tiny box, and certainly a very old one, carved of pine with a fantastic patina now, and found with a handful of old ink pen nibs inside. It looks, at least to me, that the box (excepting the sliding lid) was carved from one piece of wood, but due to a split along one edge a couple of tiny nails were added as reinforcement. Though there's been a bit more minor splitting since, but it's held up well, as the slide top slides easily and