Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios bowl as if he's just woken

as if he's just woken from a nap

I have found a number of lovely cast silver polar bears online of about the same size and to which it bears a close resemblance

proudly monogrammed HJL

I think the black and white stripes and swirl patterns of the inlaid glass are fantastic (it feels as if that glass was just destined to become this bat) and then that face

including sitting open on a desk holding pencils or pens

Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios bowl as if he's just wokenWhat a curious little shelf this is, stamped on the back as having been made by Ebenezer Averill Boxworks. I've done some digging and have found a few Ebenezer Averill's from these parts from the 18th and 19th centuries, but have not found any citations of a Boxworks, so am not quite sure of the age of this piece, though I might guess late 19th early 20th c. I'm also not quite sure what is was made for perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles? It