Eight Sided 19th Century Treen Teetotem tempera painting which emits a really nice

which emits a really nice glow when lit

I've had a few mid 19th century papered boxes of this sort

this baby's piecing blue eyes seem as if they are seeing into your soul as they follow you around the room

There are a few stains to the blue fabric on the interior

or fantasy baseball before there was such a thing

Eight Sided 19th Century Treen Teetotem tempera painting which emits a really niceI've had a couple of these carved of bone, but this is the first treen (hardwood) example I've found, British I presume, and I believe earlier than later 1800s. My photos aren't great, but it a lovely thing, with black inked numbers in each side, written in just the same manner as on early 19th century bone ones, so I do believe of that age. Used in the 18th and 19th century for games including "Put and Take," and often as substitutes for dice