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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;James Conrad, post: 522643, member: 5066&quot;]Yes, ditto here in America as well, the problem is in late 17th early 18th century America small wood boxes are probably the most numerous furniture form in existence and, books were hideously expensive at that time here. Very few people could afford books of any kind. These boxes almost certainly did not contain bibles then in USA. It is thought that the term &quot;bible&quot; box came into existence in the victorian era in the 19th century, a very religious age and the name &quot;stuck&quot; for many if not all earlier boxes.</p><p>Although it is still not known exactly what these earlier boxes in america were used for, the latest research suggest these early boxes were used as boxes to store ones personal items. This seems the most likely use to me as well because it was very common here to have 2 or 3 generations all living together in a single room house with very little privacy.</p><p>As for slant lid boxes, they were almost certainly used in america as a desk box, naturally in England, it could very well be different.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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