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

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

though in terrific condition

) I scooped them up at an estate sale that included lots of old toys and games

and definitely more or less industructible

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