Infinity Box! ASW's 1892 Set of Five Handmade, Jointed Boxes, Very Precisely Nesting Patented 1889 with none of the stitching

with none of the stitching coming apart at all that I can see

Ink stronger and richer in hand

with the drape of the cloth visible across the top of the painting against dark blue background--and I especially like that the thorns of the crown extend beyond the edges of the cloth (which

No holes or loose threads

but all in good condition

Infinity Box! ASW's 1892 Set of Five Handmade, Jointed Boxes, Very Precisely Nesting Patented 1889 with none of the stitchingA great delight finding this one. There's rarely a closed box of this sort I don't shake to see if there might be something (like kindergarten blocks!) inside, which was wise in this case or I might never have known there were four more boxes, of perfectly graduated scales, housed within it. (With subtly graduated patinas to the wood, too, the smallest looking as though it had never seen the light of day since its construction in 1892! Signed ASW,