Large Old Wooden Spinning Top kind from what I understand these

from what I understand these sorts of lined sewing baskets were made for the tourist market during the late Victorian era

with recipes for cocktails from the Absinthe Drop to the Ramos Gin Fizz interspersed with ads for El Encanto Department Store

Smaller measures 6 3/4" long x 2 3/8" widest x 7/8" deep

features an elegant relief design in shades of silver

There is fading of the original exterior pattern due to age

Large Old Wooden Spinning Top kind from what I understand theseI love old wooden spinning tops just as a form, and this is an especially lovely one, as pure a form as can be, with a great patina to boot. Heavy and smooth, I'd probably put it on the desk to use it as a paperweight, picking it up occasionally to give it a twirl around. (I believe there was likely once a separate winding device that attached to wind it up and properly get it spinning.) 5" tall x 2 3 4" diameter at widest. Excellent overall