"Friendship, Love and Truth" Spruce Gum Box Nova Scotia

Canadian. Spruce gum box in old surface marked, "Friendship, Love and Truth" on one side and with a rose on the other, found in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Carved and hollowed from a single block of softwood with a slide lid at each end. Likely the same maker as lots 126 and 127, both of which are illustrated in "Spirit of Nova Scotia", this box is also chip-carved with similar motifs on the spine and both sides, as well as having coloured wax used for inlay in the complementary designs. Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. 1st quarter 20th century. Marked, "Friendship Love and Truth" with "Zipporah Eisenhaur".

Estimación:€744.58

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