Great Old Swivel Top Wooden Pencil Box with Original Paint vintage masonic 1 5/8" long x 1

1 5/8" long x 1 1/4" wide x 1 3/4" tall

The guiding handle which runs down the middle of his body

I think it's a pretty great one

13 5/8" tall with stand

and both have eye hooks for hanging

Great Old Swivel Top Wooden Pencil Box with Original Paint vintage masonic 1 5/8" long x 1There is something so satisfying to me about old handmade wooden boxes that close alone an angled edge like this. This one, with the lid held on by one simple nail, I am pretty certain dates to the late 1800s. It still bears some of its original red paint (which reads orange), as well as pencil marks all over! Much of that pencil appears to be scribbles, but I can at least make out "Millie" on one side, "Nicky" on the bottom, and a "Yo" on one short