Hand-Carved Oval Lidded Wooden Box | Folk Art Chip-Carved Dark Hardwood Trinket Casket with Handle

A handsome little keeper of secrets. This oval lidded box is worked entirely by hand from a warm, dark hardwood and dressed head to toe in folk-art chip carving: rows of starbursts, rosettes and lattice that catch the light and beg to be turned over in the hand. The domed lid lifts away on a sculpted arched handle, opening to a smooth hollowed interior with the honest patina of decades of use. Solid, tactile and quietly exotic, it is the sort of object that earns a second glance on any shelf.

Carved treen of this kind sits at the charming crossroads of craft and sculpture. Every facet here was cut by knife and gouge, with no two motifs perfectly alike, and the deep grain of the hardwood lends it an almost coromandel-like richness. Honestly, it is part jewellery casket, part conversation piece, and wholly irresistible.

Styling & Collectors Inspiration

Treen loves company. Group this carved box with our Antique Chinese Wood Carving with Gilded Motifs for a layered study in the carver's art, or set it beside the Pair of Solid Exotic Wood Bookends with Hand-Carved Lion Heads on a library shelf. For a globe-trotting, gallery-wall vignette, pair it with the Set of Three Hand-Carved Chinese Opera Masks or the earthy Mid-20th Century Shona Stone Carvings. On a desk it hides paperclips and treasures with style; on a coffee table it simply looks marvellous.

Details

• Oval lidded box (trinket casket) in dark, richly grained hardwood
• Profuse folk-art chip carving: geometric rosettes, starbursts and lattice across lid and body
• Lift-off domed lid with a sculpted arched carrying handle
• Smooth hollowed interior with warm, honest age patina
• Entirely hand-worked; charming minor irregularities consistent with handmade treen
• Approximate dimensions: 18 cm long x 13 cm wide x 12 cm high
• Good vintage condition with light surface wear and use marks; no losses to the carving
• Likely Asian or Indian origin, mid-20th century

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