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

Patented in 1889

Lulaki sees her creature creations (of which there are a wonderful variety

There is residue from an old piece of tape on one side and some darkening to the copper

This one really makes me want to host an afternoon tea simply in order to serve from it

orange and yellow where the circles intersect

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