Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid clay rooster the delicate white flowers of

the delicate white flowers of which are counterpointed by their thorny stalks

There are a few areas of paint loss on the ferrule and lower handle

I do believe they should really stay as a pair because they look most fabulous together

excepting a pinkish-red dye used one the cheeks

On the sides of each are a brown spotted stag

Old Wooden Box with Carved Tombstone Lid clay rooster the delicate white flowers ofJust a chunky old small wooden box, which looks perhaps to have held drill bits at some point, but which I really love for its carved tombstone style sliding lid, which for me at least turns it into a potential stage of sorts, which one might turn on its side and slide the lid up on like a theater curtain to reveal a surprise inside! (Maybe that's just me! But there is a notch mid way up on the face of the box that will hold the lid open at the mid