Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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The family and I went to a couple of second hand stores. On our way back, I took a side street on a whim, and we found a little back entrance to a store that was packed, from floor to ceiling, with stuff literally piled on top of each other. The girls found a couple of neat things they wanted, and I glanced at this box... I have an weakness for wooden boxes. I keep things I find in them, like Civil War relics. I have a box I keep silver coins in, another wooden box I keep Civil War buttons in, another box for bullets, etc. At first, I thought this box had a paste-on decal; but upon closer examination, it is all inlay... real inlay. Somebody spent a lot of time on this box. It used to be a music box, but the chimes are missing, and the legs have been taken off. If you look closely, you can see a crack on the upper left hand side, and see the veneer of burl wood, all the blond colored wood is inlay.
Anyway, for $2.00, I hardly felt the urge to haggle over the price. Brandy, what do you think about this box, any input?
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Below in the last photograph is an old chest I got a pretty good deal on. I've always wanted to put a chest in this old house, as a decorative accessory. The leafy area is actually pressed... or I should say raised, tin. The inside of the box had been relined, and looks about like new, except it smells like moth balls.
Vernon
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Anyway, for $2.00, I hardly felt the urge to haggle over the price. Brandy, what do you think about this box, any input?
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Below in the last photograph is an old chest I got a pretty good deal on. I've always wanted to put a chest in this old house, as a decorative accessory. The leafy area is actually pressed... or I should say raised, tin. The inside of the box had been relined, and looks about like new, except it smells like moth balls.
Vernon
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