Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing I've lately been having fantasies

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

The crank on the side turns and the threaded press arm can be loosened or tightened

Really a super sweet little thing

Having lived and worked in downtown Kansas City for many years

but am interested in ones that are distinctive and were personalized in one way or another

Unusual Carved Burl Folk Art Box with Two Moon Like Faces (One Inside!) J.E. Jeffreys drawing I've lately been having fantasiesI purchased this wonderful box this summer from a dealer in Pennsylvania and wanted to live with it a bit! He thought perhaps Victorian era; I might guess is 1920s 40s, but am not completely sure, nor I am certain of its origins. It feels a bit miraculous to me though, the way this face is carved into the burl, making perfect use of the color variation, and with the grain of the burl itself giving waves to the hair and then stippled carving on the