Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle fine lacquer weighty little object that provokes

weighty little object  that provokes

I believe this is likely German and dates to the 1920s or so

Approx 12 1/2" t x 1 5/16" in diameter each

and creamy white inside the boat

additional relief patterns up the sides and around the neck

Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle fine lacquer weighty little object that provokesIve coveted one of these for a long timecomprised of individually carved pieces, akin to a whimsy as well as to an interlocking wooden puzzle, but with the bonus of producing a great sound when shaken. (And it feels a bit like a magic wand, too!) Of the several of these Ive come across, each has been quite different, and I think the form of this one especially lovely, including for the ball shaped end at top. Others Ive seen are most often varnished,