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Museum quality memory box. Myrtle wood with black/white Ebony, box #75. Sold Dimensions: Outside, 16" x 10-1/2" x 7-1/2". Inside, 13-1/2" x 8" x 5". . The Oregon Myrtle-wood tree grows uncultivated, only in a small area along
the Pacific Coast. No large stands of this unique tree are to be found. Nearly
all of the remaining Myrtle-wood is scattered in small groves throughout the lower valleys along the rivers of Southwestern
Oregon and the southern Pacific Coast. Centuries are required to grow a Myrtle-wood tree large enough to yield board-lumber. A time may come when the supply of highly figured Myrtle-wood will be depleted and the manufacturing
of the articles from this wood may cease. The highly-prized pieces of today will be handed down through generations,
as heirlooms which will be preserved for us by our descendent's. Highly
figured all solid 3/4" thick Myrtle-wood keepsake box with Ebony and Walnut trim. Brusso machine quadrant hinges.
Dovetail construction, and 12 coats of acrylic lacquer, sanded and buffed to musical instrument quality. .
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