Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios box with lion Patented in 1889

Patented in 1889

I really can’t think of a better pot in which to plant a big

along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

orange and yellow where the circles intersect

and l is in good vintage condition

Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios box with lion Patented in 1889What 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