Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds 3 1/2" x 2" x

3 1/2" x 2" x 1 1/16" t and in great condition

but am pretty sure it was taken at Old Orchard Beach in southern Maine

and two more flowering stalks on the shorts sides

Stepped in half ounce measurements from 1/2 oz

Antique German Bentwood Box with Floating Oil Lamp Wicks (Good for Making Wishes) hand-drawn birds 3 1/2" x 2" xI though this an especially nice one for the dawn of a new year, an antique box full of wishes of sorts, yet to be wished. There is a (partial) German paper label still adhered to the underside of the lid placing its making (or at least distribution) to Nuremberg, and then the word Mariposas, which in Spanish literally translates to "butterflies," an evocative descriptor for these tiny wicks held in wooden rounds, meant to be floated on lamp oil, and