Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios Japanese dragon a wind instrument of which

a wind instrument of which there are similarly an incredible array of beautiful examples

a nod to artist Bo Jia

and there is still some treatment left in the bottle

The leather top has lost some of its stitching

with turned wooden handle that screws off

Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios Japanese dragon a wind instrument of whichWhat 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