Clicker Flicker Boxes

The tissue boxes are one of the innovative contemporary adaptations of the shaker box. 

Shaker boxes were the “Tupperware” of the 18th century. These individually hand crafted boxes, trays and carriers were made by the Shakers for over 150 years; and were used to store everything from kitchen beans to shop screws. An identifying characteristic of these boxes are the fingers. The vast majority of these boxes had fingers pointed to the right to signify the Shakers pursuit of righteousness and purity.

These reproductions are made using the same techniques and materials that were used a hundred years ago. But while the box making is the same, the finishing of the box has changed. Today’s consumer would believe a box to be incomplete if the inside were not also finished so they just a light paste wax to finish the inside.