Size #2 Shaker Oval Box
6 × 4 × 2¼ in — $49
A good size for notions, desk odds and ends, or small items you want to keep in one place.
Shown in an antiqued natural finish
Shown in red milk paint
Shown in black milk paint
Shown in blue milk paint
Shown in green milk paint
Shown in pumpkin milk paint
Shown in sea green milk paint
Shown in yellow milk paint
Shown in New Lebanon Finish
In hand, for scale
Inside the box
How the boxes are made
Every box starts as a log, bought through local woodsmen here in Maine and milled right on my property. Bands of quartersawn maple, birch, or ash, tops and bottoms of quartersawn Eastern white pine. The swallowtail joints are cut one at a time by hand and fastened with copper tacks made on original 19th-century machines, and the lid band is bent around the finished box itself, so the cover fits that one box and no other.
Painted boxes come in red, pumpkin, yellow, green, blue, grey, black, sea green, or New Lebanon Finish, each sealed with two coats of pure tung oil. Natural boxes are dyed to an antiqued tone and sealed with five coats. The copper tacks are darkened for an aged look, and following tradition, the bottom of each painted piece is left unpainted, then dyed and oiled to an aged patina.
Sizes, prices and every finish are on the oval boxes page. How purchasing works.