Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing The crank on the side

The crank on the side turns and the threaded press arm can be loosened or tightened

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

19 total included in set

A super creature--at first I though cat

1895 (and including what appear to be fairly substantial assets

Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing The crank on the sideI purchased this wonderful box this summer from a dealer in Pennsylvania and wanted to live with it a bit! He thought perhaps Victorian era; I might guess is 1920s 40s, but am not completely sure, nor I am certain of its origins. It feels a bit miraculous to me though, the way this face is carved into the burl, making perfect use of the color variation, and with the grain of the burl itself giving waves to the hair and then stippled carving on the