Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs fraternal order emblem Please specify with your order

Please specify with your order whether you prefer the red or the orange

which would be held tight inside when the slide door is closed

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

) A perfect

but all the better for it

Very Old Hand-carved Slide Top Pine Box with Pen Nibs fraternal order emblem Please specify with your orderA 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