Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top Pinocchio tied with a thin strip

tied with a thin strip of black fabric

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

8" tall x 2 3/4" wide x 2 3/4" deep

Super sweet but with just the right little dose of menacing

glossy surface and turns black on exposure to air

Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top Pinocchio tied with a thin stripI think it is possible that this lovely treen box is a snuff box, or, if not, I'd think a spice box the space inside is not very large, suggesting that it was made to hold something fairly precious, which one would likely dispense using a little spoon The wood on this lathe turned piece is just gorgeous, as is its form, from beautifully rounded bottom to finely detailed little finial on top. And the threaded top half screws tightly onto the bottom to