Antique Wood Slide Top Box Lid with Carved Alphabet antique lacquer snuff box 7 7/8" in diameter x

7 7/8" in diameter x 4 7/8" tall

The double faced jug measures 4" tall x 3 3/4" across with handle

and love his little cap and crossed ankles dangling under the table

including lots of specimens decommissioned from old science departments and the like

Antique Wood Slide Top Box Lid with Carved Alphabet antique lacquer snuff box 7 7/8" in diameter xId like to imagine this was once the lid of a box that held a set of beautiful bone carved letters, and that its owner carved a second alphabet into the lid to make it extra special. Really, I have no idea how it came to be, but I sure love it, with the carved divets on the slide lid dictating the starting position for the first two rows of letters, and pointing at them like arrows. Then one longer spanning the whole lenght, leaving just a lonely YZ