Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle m I think of painted lobster

I think of painted lobster claws like this as coastal New England's answer to British vertebrae bone painted in the likeness of John Wesley

and these very subtle

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This finely made box would be striking displayed on a desk

with all thy faults I love the(e) still

Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle m I think of painted lobsterIve coveted one of these for a long timecomprised of individually carved pieces, akin to a whimsy as well as to an interlocking wooden puzzle, but with the bonus of producing a great sound when shaken. (And it feels a bit like a magic wand, too!) Of the several of these Ive come across, each has been quite different, and I think the form of this one especially lovely, including for the ball shaped end at top. Others Ive seen are most often varnished,