Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian wabi-sabi This is a circa 1896

This is a circa 1896 copy of “Barnes's Elementary Geography” featuring

though in terrific condition

And curious

) I love the range of silks incorporated into this one (47 different brands by my count) delivering a spectrum of color

but it is such a lovely thing I think probably better to hang indoors--it just needs a simple hanger added to the back or a few small nails to rest on

Carved Alabaster Trinket Box with Hand, Presumed Victorian wabi-sabi This is a circa 1896I've certainly come to love carefully mended things as much if not more than ones perfectly in tact, which is definitely the case with the broken and re glued piece of thumb on the carved hand on the top of this trinket box, alabaster I believe, which looks rather as if wrapped in a clear band aid! Mends such as this clearly attest to the care of its owner, and in this case I rather like it as a complement to the twisted bracelet around the wrist. I