SOLD Beautiful, Unusual Antique Treen Powder Flask with Lovingly Carved Decoration ww2 drawing Lewis Haehnlen took over manufacturing

Lewis Haehnlen took over manufacturing there in the 1860s

but it makes me especially happy that there is a tiny turtle smiling among them

Red cloth spine

This is one of six carved and painted birds I found together

2 7/8 d x 1/2 t and in good condition

SOLD Beautiful, Unusual Antique Treen Powder Flask with Lovingly Carved Decoration ww2 drawing Lewis Haehnlen took over manufacturingI watched this online for a couple of days before purchasing it but kept thinking about it in the interim, and I remain fairly obsessed with it now. A very elegant, graceful form, carved of very beautiful wood that looks like burl and is a rich honey color (detail photos of the wood give a sense), with very lovingly relief carving of a leafy vine along the top ridge, almost evoking a spine, which then branches to encircle the neck, as if wrapping