Samuel Stevens' Charming Geometrically Patterned Hanging Comb Box (One Small Loss) pop of color with some aging to the

with some aging to the surface as pictured and a bit of bending to the tab on one side at the very bottom

and most fabulous

then glued back together

Chip carved of cigar box wood

Cut out of a sketchbook I'd guess

Samuel Stevens' Charming Geometrically Patterned Hanging Comb Box (One Small Loss) pop of color with some aging to theNot in perfect condition, but so charming and so singular, I don't mind and what a lot of work and care Samuel Stevens of West Derby Vermont, who signed the back, invested in making this wall hanging comb box, 150 years ago or so I would guess. It feels to me perhaps connected to Samuel studying geometry, with all of these gridded holes, connected by carved lines, creating triangles within triangles and squares within squares and feeling a bit as if