Irvin Augur Bit Company Wooden Box with Center Stem Bits along and dark wood but overall looks great for

but overall looks great for her age and ready to fiercely guard whatever treasures one might store inside

letting the rest of the design fade back into invisibility

which to me possesses all the beauty of a Brancusi

swimming amidst reeds at the center of its front

long-necked birds (emu

Irvin Augur Bit Company Wooden Box with Center Stem Bits along and dark wood but overall looks great forOh, what a fantastic old wooden box! I just love the semi secret bottom drawer that pulls out from one side, the slatted compartments, and the beautifully jointed back corners. And then there are all of these bits inside! There is a black label in great condition on the inside top of the box reading "The Irvin Auger Bit Company, Wilmington, Ohio " at the center, "Solid Center Stem Auger Bits" above it, and then to the right "Patented Oct. 21, 1884;