Handmade Wooden Puzzle Stash Box watercolor valentine so am including a sweet

so am including a sweet old turned wood cup as  a freebie

It's stuffed with batting or similar rather than beads or something heavy

though also great just on its own

which I'd treat as a talisman

" I believe they date from the mid-20th Century

Handmade Wooden Puzzle Stash Box watercolor valentine so am including a sweetSuch a smart little box! The lid locked tightly when closed is comprised of two parts, opening through a series of moves, via which the interior compartment is revealed. I've found a few other boxes designed in a similar manner, mostly dating from the late 19th and early 20th century most commonly vesta, which held matches, and also often including a hidden match striker on the flat of the lower section of the lid. The interior compartment on this one