Eglantine American Tobacco Company 20 Cent Plugs Box running doll I've been looking at a

I've been looking at a lot of whimsy chains carved from one piece of wood

I found this piece at a fantastic antique shop in Hew Hampshire filled with extraordinary things

made in Japan circa 1940s

The stone on the top of the box appears to be Red Jasper

Eglantine American Tobacco Company 20 Cent Plugs Box running doll I've been looking at aI really like the graphic quality of the big red EGLANTINE across one side of this old wooden box, with nice jointed corners to boot. It once held 18 tobacco plugs brick like masses of tobacco, from which pieces were bitten off or cut, then chewed but now is just a great box for holding tools, spices, art supplies, or whatever. Structurally solid, with a little damage to the surface of the wood on one corner, as pictured. 11 1 2" long x 5" deep x 2 5