hand dovetailed moneybox / puzzlebox

Assuming that this was converted into a moneybox some time after its original making. I love the beautiful hand cut dovetails, but the stunning thing about this little box is the many steps required to open it. First, there is a little hollow in the top that joins both halves where a metal pin sits and locks the top together - you have to tap the box to one end to slide the pin back so that the top will swing open. After that, there is an unseen cavity in the swinging top portion that will accept a hidden pin when the box is turned upside down. Once this is done, this will allow the top, swinging section to be slid back to allow access to the box. Whew! I stumbled across this puzzle box and the other purely by accident, but I've been so fascinated by them that I've been looking for more ever since. Like the other one I have, the seller of this one didn't really know what it was or how it worked. 6 inches by 5 inches by 4 inches.