Sphere Shaped Turned Wooden Box Scheurich vase I believe this one is

I believe this one is a shoe shine brush

which seem mostly to date from the 1940s or so

8 1/4" long x 3" wide x 1/4" thick

If not to be worn

I can just picture its maker planning out the design and then emphatically carving away

Sphere Shaped Turned Wooden Box Scheurich vase I believe this one isSo many wonderful wooden boxes in the world! I only occasionally come across sphere shaped boxes like this one, and snatch them up whenever I do; just such a satisfying form, and pretty handy too. There is a bit of a tendency of round boxes like this to warp as the wood expands and contracts; this one fits together nicely at the moment, but if it is very humid it might need a quick pop in the freezer to correct a bit of expansion. Really lovely, with