Busacca Gallery

Amazing red bone box, small round bone looking bone box with a movable lid. This box is in very fine condition. This artifact would make a wonderful display in any personal home. This was from an original collection of boxes with all the great character and quality one looks for in a box. This piece was crafted with great skill and delicacy. If you are looking for a small gift item or a museum-quality purchase of a lifetime, our hope is you are able to see the craftsmanship in all of these hand-picked objects.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box

Box (plural boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. Boxes may be made of durable material such as wood or metal, or of corrugated fiberboard, paperboard, or other non-durable materials. The size may vary from very small (e.g., a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance; while technically a large shipping container could be a called a box, it is not so described. When no specific shape is described, a box of rectangular cross-section with all sides flat may be expected, but a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides. A decorative box normally may be opened by raising, pulling, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, lock, or adhesive tape. Whatever its shape or purpose or the material of which it is fashioned, it is the direct descendant of the chest, one of the most ancient articles of domestic furniture. The name, preceded by a qualifying adjective, has been given to many objects of artistic or antiquarian interest.