SOLD Intricately Carved Small Bottle Shaped Ball in Cage Whimsy fun bell this old handmade box frame

this old handmade box frame is about 3/4 inches deep inside

I can't find a mark anywhere on it

but I am pretty certain the choice of blue ink for the printing connects it the Union

and incised patterns at their centers

Some wear/light rusting to the metal exterior but overall very good condition and works perfectly

SOLD Intricately Carved Small Bottle Shaped Ball in Cage Whimsy fun bell this old handmade box frameA charming small whimsy, and an unusual one as far as I've ever seen, shaped like a bottle I am thinking perhaps made as a toy rattle to emulate a baby bottle, and there's even some darkening to the bottom as if heated over a stove! Skillfully carved with a lovely intricacy to the neck of the bottle and "walls" at either end of the cage, which houses a very roundly caved ball. It will stand on its own on from the opening end but takes a flat surface