Japanese Hand-painted Treen Nesting Eggs Set with Butterfly, c. 1920s 50 ft measuring tape Mantia Bos: 4 5/8” x

Mantia Bos: 4 5/8” x 3 1/8”

Perhaps there are a few pine needles on the lid that have broken near the ends such that the tips are visible

the closest I've found (and which I'd guess this in fact is) was made by Ferdinand Strauss

7 7/8 across at rotating plate {framing letter or number to be used

I've had one other carved and hinged folk art crocodile head along the lines of this one

Japanese Hand-painted Treen Nesting Eggs Set with Butterfly, c. 1920s 50 ft measuring tape Mantia Bos: 4 5/8” xI've had just a couple of sets of Japanese wooden nesting eggs before and, as with treen apples, also made in Japan and to which they are close kin, I always keep an eye out for them, though they are rarer than apples to find. C. 1920s I believe, with the shells of each egg progressively thinner as they get smaller; rare to find a set of these with all of the eggs in tact! (And indeed, one half of the smallest here was found taped together so I