Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Victorian pencil drawing is finely done--very much with

is finely done--very much with the precision of a miniature

Very sturdy

Really gorgeous

I'll keep buying them and build a collection for myself

I believe this was made as a tea canister and dates to the 4th quarter of the 19th century

Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Victorian pencil drawing is finely done--very much withThere are things the beauty and poetry of which one feels deep in one's gut (or maybe that's the soul?!) this is very much one of those for me. A box that is not a box, custom carved long ago to carry a ruler straight edge on one side and a drafting compass on the other, with carved out recesses into which each would surely have perfectly fit, and then two thinly woven straps stretched all the way around to hold them in place. I am not sure that I