Handmade Wooden Puzzle Stash Box handmade leather mask Welded together of metal parts

Welded together of metal parts with a nice weight

presumably representing the trunk of a tree

1960s and labeled on the bottoms

Just a great old handmade wood frame

Below the large painted color wheel (with initials of colors in pencil around its perimeter) are three smaller wheels highlighting examples of complementary

Handmade Wooden Puzzle Stash Box handmade leather mask Welded together of metal partsSuch a smart little box! The lid locked tightly when closed is comprised of two parts, opening through a series of moves, via which the interior compartment is revealed. I've found a few other boxes designed in a similar manner, mostly dating from the late 19th and early 20th century most commonly vesta, which held matches, and also often including a hidden match striker on the flat of the lower section of the lid. The interior compartment on this one