Beautiful Antique Carved Heart Shaped Box, Ex. "Smitty" Axtell Collection small bowls leaves and roots

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and one could place all sorts of things on top of the log to add to the drama

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Well of course I was going to nab this when I found it

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Beautiful Antique Carved Heart Shaped Box, Ex. "Smitty" Axtell Collection small bowls leaves and rootsI know this beautiful little carved box came from the collection of Richard Smitty Axtell (Skinner recently held an auction of many pieces from his collection in "Smitty's Eye: The Axtell Collection") of Deposit, New York, whose collection focused on American antiques especially burl and other woodenware. This looks like burl to me, and beautifully carved, with bat wing like points to the heart on the exterior, but then a rounded heart carved out