Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds and her work within the

and her work within the emerging modernist art scene of the early 20th century

3 1/2" x 2" x 1 1/16" t and in great condition

At the center of the plate is (the remnants of) a hand-painted coat of of arms with horse at top and a monogram at center

black and grizzly bears

with no chips or cracks whatsoever that I can see

Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds and her work within theI though this an especially nice one for the dawn of a new year, an antique box full of wishes of sorts, yet to be wished. There is a (partial) German paper label still adhered to the underside of the lid placing its making (or at least distribution) to Nuremberg, and then the word Mariposas, which in Spanish literally translates to "butterflies," an evocative descriptor for these tiny wicks held in wooden rounds, meant to be floated on lamp oil, and