Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box primitive sculpture This is a super sharp

This is a super sharp looking Wilhelm Kagel West German small planter or cachepot

which almost makes me think she was made as a mannequin for a ballet instructor

with a bit of underlining in pencil on the first few pages

Holds 1/2 liter

5 7/8" tall x 2 7/8" diameter at widest

Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box primitive sculpture This is a super sharpI have to think, with "antes" printed across the edge of one side, that this sweet hand carved box was made to carry a coin or game chip or two in order to be perpetually ready for a card match. It's certainly quite old, held together with hand forged nails, and with a slide opening on one end and an inset piece at the bottom. I believe the "antes" is branded burned into the surface of the wood, but it is a bit hard to tell. In any event, certainly a