Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box hand-coiled dramatic peachy-pink satin lining

dramatic peachy-pink satin lining

I grabbed this antique Moxie Nerve Food Co

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and just a couple of small stains on the lid

2 3/4" diameter x 1 3/8" tall

Wooden Parquetry Set in Slide Top Box hand-coiled dramatic peachy-pink satin liningReally a lovely little parquetry set, in a sweet little slide top box into which the tiles fit just perfectly, and look quite pretty all neatly packed up. I really have no sense of the age or origins of this set, and have not found another like it, but do think it has a fair amount of age, including because there are a couple of splits in the wood on the sliding lid of the box. In any event, the 53 tiles (I discarded one broken one) are a treat to