Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top dovetail corners who graduated from Carnegie Mellon

who graduated from Carnegie Mellon in 1971

5" tall x 3

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The surface of this piece is beautifully weathered to smoothness

The glazing is a mottled salmony pink/peach over cream slip

Elegant Rounded Treen Box with Threaded Top dovetail corners who graduated from Carnegie MellonI think it is possible that this lovely treen box is a snuff box, or, if not, I'd think a spice box the space inside is not very large, suggesting that it was made to hold something fairly precious, which one would likely dispense using a little spoon The wood on this lathe turned piece is just gorgeous, as is its form, from beautifully rounded bottom to finely detailed little finial on top. And the threaded top half screws tightly onto the bottom to