Amos J. Blake's Lovely 1892 Copper Rivets Box (With Contents!) picture book While these might be eyesores

While these might be eyesores to purists

A variety of woods were used

It is signed on the bottom with what looks to read Salley or Selley

one in 1907 and one in 1912

with its wonderful red and white striped pattern animated with geishas and parasols

Amos J. Blake's Lovely 1892 Copper Rivets Box (With Contents!) picture book While these might be eyesoresIt's the lovely handwritten paper label on the side of this box that sold me on it, but the box itself, made I believe of walnut, is itself very lovely, and inside are, indeed, a whole bunch of antique copper rivets and some other bits besides. I found these in New Hampshire and have found a definitely record for the Amos J. Blake (1836 1925) that they belonged to: a prominent attorney of Rindge, NH, whose home in nearby Fitzwilliam has since been