Wonderful Old Hand-carved Bird Shaped Box wooden spice bowl achieved especially well in profile

achieved especially well in profile (hard not to recognize that jawline

Beside the missing leg

One of the loops (third from right) for hanging is mostly missing

one of them  composed entirely of a blonde wood

and a few imperfections to the original paint

Wonderful Old Hand-carved Bird Shaped Box wooden spice bowl achieved especially well in profileI was delighted to find this one in New Hampshire the other day, which I presume was made as a snuff box, 19th c American I would guess. (It would really also be the perfect box for holding the tiny bone dice I just listed!) Such an elegant form suggesting a bird through the sparest of means (it feels to me quite reminiscent of early Native American bird stones), wider for the body and gracefully tapering toward the gently pointing beak. I also love