Lovely Mid-Century Puzzle Cube In Blonde Box with Peephole Clare Leighton New England Industries There are a handful of

There are a handful of pages used in this huge old ledger

with an incredible sheen

Very nicely carved and super sculptural

and rich red over its back

It has been repaired at least once in the past: there is a repaired break in one handle

Lovely Mid-Century Puzzle Cube In Blonde Box with Peephole Clare Leighton New England Industries There are a handful ofI found an exact match of this one selling on 1st Dibs for $1200 describing it as Eames inspired mid century the former seeming crazy but the latter seeming right. I have not being able to figure out who made it, but would guess there were not too many of them made; it feels very small batch to me. In any event, a lovely thing I think, made especially good by the round cutout on each side of the box, though one I have been wary to take all the way