Rooster Sewing Caddy with Incredible Alligatored Crest and Waddle! signed Inuit carving The box is very well

The box is very well worn

with a lot of dark spotting on the creamy white paint

Really I have no idea

I've learned the checkerboard pattern was created using an engine-turning lathe

Rooster Sewing Caddy with Incredible Alligatored Crest and Waddle! signed Inuit carving The box is very wellNo way to loose track of one's spools or scissors with this guy around though I think even if one hasn't sewed a stitch in one's life, the fantastic old paint on this rooster makes him worthy of a proud spot on the shelf (and surely there are other things to stick on the posts around the base and through his neck!) 9 1 2" l x 10 3 4" t x 4 1 4" w. Super sturdy structurally; painted on both sides with some paint loss as obvious, all to the good I think