Beautiful and Sculptural Antique Treen Lidded Case (for Sewing Tools?) man planing table maybe in a little egg

maybe in a little egg cup or old wooden goblet

It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with perfectly square sides

Ohio " at the center

but it can be done if approached correctly

with a bit of gold paint loss/rusting to the base

Beautiful and Sculptural Antique Treen Lidded Case (for Sewing Tools?) man planing table maybe in a little eggMost 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