Miniature Antique Treen Bottle Shaped Dice Holder 442 / 15 Based on other tramp art

Based on other tramp art boxes in this sort of style that I've seen

” is one of my very favorites

still lives and figures

I find the combination of the form and surface decoration just perfect

This one I know dates to at latest the 1960s and I believe is carved from caribou antler

Miniature Antique Treen Bottle Shaped Dice Holder 442 / 15 Based on other tramp artI love this, tiny but terrific! Late 19th or very early 20th century and British I believe, it's a miniature treen bottle, which I believe was an advertising give away from a liquor company, containing three bone dice inside which would be used for the popular European game 421 (google it to find the rules). I can't quite read it but there is text on one side in the format of a liquor label; I believe I see the words "Queen" and "Whiskey"! I've