Wonderful Old Hand-carved Bird Shaped Box pickle gap crafts each with its own personality:

each with its own personality: one seeming almost on the verge of cracking a smile

and then this fantastic octagonal pattern painted on the roof

but never a set like this first edition 1949 WISC IQ test set

about 3" t x 2 or 2 1/4" wide and deep

It is quite a fine one

Wonderful Old Hand-carved Bird Shaped Box pickle gap crafts each with its own personality:I was delighted to find this one in New Hampshire the other day, which I presume was made as a snuff box, 19th c American I would guess. (It would really also be the perfect box for holding the tiny bone dice I just listed!) Such an elegant form suggesting a bird through the sparest of means (it feels to me quite reminiscent of early Native American bird stones), wider for the body and gracefully tapering toward the gently pointing beak. I also love