Vintage Wood Parquetry Trinket Box Mixed Geometric Hinged Lid Woods Jewelry Box

Small wooden keepsake boxes with pieced geometric lids have long been a favorite for dresser tops, desks and gift giving, and they suit collectors of inlay, marquetry and parquetry woodwork. This little hinged box has a lid pieced together from light and dark woods in a diagonal geometric pattern, and the same pattern shows through on the underside of the lid. It would hold rings, earrings, buttons, coins or small keepsakes, or sit on a shelf as a small piece of woodwork.

Details

• Key facts: hinged wooden box, approximately 4.4 x 3.5 in with a height of about 2 in.
• Lid of mixed light and dark woods in a geometric pattern.
• Two small cream-painted metal butt hinges at the back.
• Unlined bare wood interior.
• Light at about 2 oz.

Condition: Used, with wear. A crack runs along the front edge of the lid and another shows on the underside of the lid. There are pink crayon or marker scribbles and spots inside the box, small pinholes in the front and a dark stain at the bottom edge. See the photos.

The photos are part of the description. It will be packed with care.