["BLOOK" / AMERICAN FOLK ART]. Hand-hewn, hand-painted wooden Blook with "secret compartment"
Elmira, NY or Auburn NY: 1900. Wooden blook (4.75 x 6.25"). A hand-made wooden box in the shape of a 12mo book with a compartment carved from the interior and lined with blue velvet. In very good condition with a 1" x 3" section of varnish removed on the front..... More