Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Scandinavian ceramics 4 3/8" long x 2

4 3/8" long x 2 1/2" tall x 1 1/2" wide

but holding together pretty well and inside pages are generally in very good shape

or just hanging on the wall by its loop

with hide drum and red painted frame

exquisitely made and very special feeling

Boxless Box, Elemental and Poetic Antique Carved Out Holder for Straight Edge and Compass Scandinavian ceramics 4 3/8" long x 2There are things the beauty and poetry of which one feels deep in one's gut (or maybe that's the soul?!) this is very much one of those for me. A box that is not a box, custom carved long ago to carry a ruler straight edge on one side and a drafting compass on the other, with carved out recesses into which each would surely have perfectly fit, and then two thinly woven straps stretched all the way around to hold them in place. I am not sure that I