Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Scandinavian ceramics or just hanging on the

or just hanging on the wall by its loop

telling stories of history

Light for marks at upper and bottom left

making it fun to operate

Examples of sentiment and souvenir glass like this seem to date all the way from the 1850s through to the early 20th century

Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Scandinavian ceramics or just hanging on theThere are things the beauty and poetry of which one feels deep in one's gut (or maybe that's the soul?!) this is very much one of those for me. A box that is not a box, custom carved long ago to carry a ruler straight edge on one side and a drafting compass on the other, with carved out recesses into which each would surely have perfectly fit, and then two thinly woven straps stretched all the way around to hold them in place. I am not sure that I