SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box inlaid wood jewelry box please share

please share

8” tall with a diameter of 5” at widest and in excellent condition

With a lion

There is also a small split in the wood of the handle as it crosses the top of the basket--again very minor

SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box inlaid wood jewelry box please shareThough not always my cup of tea, the skillfulness of Black Forest carving is hard to deny which this snuff box scale carved and hinged box exemplifies and this one is very much indeed my cup of tea! I'm thinking it is a wolf though not far off in visage to wild boars and also bears in the Black Forest manner and inexplicably more finally carved on one side than the other (which I suppose could mean it represents two different creatures, but I'm not