Wooden Swiss cheese Wedge Pen and Pencil Holder leather case It measures 5 1/2" tall

It measures 5 1/2" tall x 1 3/4" in diameter at widest

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and a nice piece of history

I realized after photographing it (at 2x magnification) that the recesses between feathers need a little scrub

Wooden Swiss cheese Wedge Pen and Pencil Holder leather case It measures 5 1/2" tallI've had a few vintage brass cheese wedges in the shop, but this is the first wooden one I've found, clearly handmade from a scrap chunk of wood, and well worth the effort I'd say. The holes in the top are plentiful but fairly small, keeping pens or pencils sitting high in the holes or also making them great for holding watercolor paintbrushes, say, brush side up. 5 7 8" long x 3 1 2" tall x 2 7 8" deep. Some rough spots including near the top one