Boy Scout Carved Woodblock box with stone the basket's exterior is a

the basket's exterior is a variegated honey color with faded red medallion and red and blue striping

It is shallow enough to make it perfect for displaying a selection of favorite rocks

At present

with the lids adding another 1

it could be used as a serving bowl or as a vase

Boy Scout Carved Woodblock box with stone the basket's exterior is aI imagine this sweet woodblock was carved by a member of a boy scout troop in the 1940s or so, to be used to print some sort of awards of merit or the like. The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father, he notes is, James Story, and a Tred Spivey is listed as well). I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging), but would be tempted to ink it and put it back in use to print a series of