Beautiful and Sculptural Antique Treen Lidded Case (for Sewing Tools?) for the bookshelf I know that these came

I know that these came from a farm estate in Bethel

just plenty of imperfections original to it (visible glaze drips on both interior and exterior)

I am not sure if it was Jim Stubbs himself

all to the good I think--these are super solid and pretty much indestructible

Hand-painted

Beautiful and Sculptural Antique Treen Lidded Case (for Sewing Tools?) for the bookshelf I know that these cameMost of the wood or bone cases for needles or bodkins that I have seen are more or less cylindrical, and somewhat smaller than this, but Im not quite sure what else this very lovely turned wooden case would have been made to hold? I really love the tiered form of it, and especially the shape of the lid, which fits very snuggly onto the vessel and holds quite tightly in place. The hardwood looks to me like lignum vitae and is truly gorgeous. 5 7 8 t x