Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides accessory It is signed 683 Italy

It is signed 683 Italy in yellow-orange on the bottom

but I am not expert

which also make pretty nice little pedestals

and the painting perfectly preserved) but for a thin split in the wood on the bottom--visible only when opened or turned upside down

Primitive Handmade Box With Curved Sides accessory It is signed 683 ItalyI'm guessing this old box was made for a specific purpose, as these curved sides seems pretty unusual, and it appears there are old staples along the top edges of the shorter sides which perhaps held some covering in place? Maybe it held cheese? Or bread? Whatever the case, I love its roughness and the shape of it, and think it would be terrific filled with apples or hedge apples, or great on the counter for holding mail, or in the wood shop or studio