Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios Japanese dragon but I think one could

but I think one could give it a little love by rubbing it with a bit of mineral oil or butcher block cream

a wind instrument of which there are similarly an incredible array of beautiful examples

which is the larger of two I purchased at a nearby consignment store

It is truly a beautiful object

with turned wooden handle that screws off

Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios Japanese dragon but I think one couldWhat a curious little shelf this is, stamped on the back as having been made by Ebenezer Averill Boxworks. I've done some digging and have found a few Ebenezer Averill's from these parts from the 18th and 19th centuries, but have not found any citations of a Boxworks, so am not quite sure of the age of this piece, though I might guess late 19th early 20th c. I'm also not quite sure what is was made for perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles? It