Gorgeous Antique Hand-carved Whimsy Cube with Fantastic Patina schoolgirl drawing I can never keep old

I can never keep old sets of Color Cubes like this in stock for very long

7 1/2" t x 2 3/4" w x 4 5/8" d (base)

There is a little loss to one far edge of the slide top box

with blue spots on the wings and for tail feathers

--on the bottom in a calligraphic manner that I have not been able to decipher

Gorgeous Antique Hand-carved Whimsy Cube with Fantastic Patina schoolgirl drawing I can never keep oldTop my eye this is a spectacularly beautiful thing, and also a magical feeling one, made of individually carved pieces that interlock just so, with no glue used to held them together. It makes a wonderful soft rattle when held and gently shaken, a bit like a drift wood wind chime knocking in the breeze. It is a very old one, 19th c. I am sure, with a phenomenal patina to the dry pine. Not a missing piece and really stunning. Approx 5 5 8 cubed. Small