Wooden Barrel Box for Steel Carpet Tacks accordian box but for an unglazed middle

but for an unglazed middle section decorated with bands of blue squiggles in slight relief

It features three beautiful concentric ribbed bands around both top and bottom

The wonderfully gestural surface decoration evinces a vertical sequence of blooms

but this is my favorite

Wooden Barrel Box for Steel Carpet Tacks accordian box but for an unglazed middleI'm a sucker for a barrel shaped box, and this is a sweet little one from early 1900's made for Atlas Tack Company, Boston, MA to hold steel carpet tacks. The tacks themselves are long gone, but it makes a nice container now for needles or pills or other small things. Good antique condition with some dryness and light cracking to the unfinished wood. 2" tall x 1 7 8" wide.