Curious Old Pewter Cradle Shaped Box with Baby! painting of boy with pipe but the wood panel on

but the wood panel on the backside is easily removed to fill the frame with other things

but structurally just fine

The box for these shows a little wear but the wooden "dominoes" seem barely have to been used--bright and crisp and both very 1969 and very 2021

I can't imagine ever tiring of looking at this

there is a tiny scotch tape mend on the back of one but they're all standing tall without another tear that I can find

Curious Old Pewter Cradle Shaped Box with Baby! painting of boy with pipe but the wood panel onAnother very unusual one, which I have tried hard to find out something about, with no luck at all, including attempts to trace the mark. A box for storing silver diaper pins? A container for a child's ashes? A mold? I really have no idea, but find it quite an evocative and slightly haunting object. Definitely pewter and I assume British, with a mark that looks to read ICH together with a lion. If you know more than I do about this, please share! 4 9