Great Old Swivel Top Wooden Pencil Box with Original Paint vintage masonic with two carved and painted

with two carved and painted figures comprising the totem pole at one end (I believe an owl at the top

1 5/8" long x 1 1/4" wide x 1 3/4" tall

with glazes --one a painterly brown and dark indigo

or tea bags--is a great example

and both have eye hooks for hanging

Great Old Swivel Top Wooden Pencil Box with Original Paint vintage masonic with two carved and paintedThere is something so satisfying to me about old handmade wooden boxes that close alone an angled edge like this. This one, with the lid held on by one simple nail, I am pretty certain dates to the late 1800s. It still bears some of its original red paint (which reads orange), as well as pencil marks all over! Much of that pencil appears to be scribbles, but I can at least make out "Millie" on one side, "Nicky" on the bottom, and a "Yo" on one short