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Great case Rick.
I would've liked to have found Chionois 'Edwardian Wooden Cigarette Box with Glass Lid' for 50 Lbs-any antique tobaciana round here's very salable.
We don't see much antique advertising or POP display here much-it's quite refreshing.

 

obviously......you said that in the opening post,,.,
I was answering...... And who is WHB?

 

ya...I said that too !!

 

The mysterious initials carved into the case.

 

'WTF' I can guess,'WHB'-"known only to God".

 

WHB & Co Sold Jewelry long ago?

 

At a guess I would say Black forest carving 19th c personalised box and then later modified? maybe Austrian? Swiss? going by the hat the figure is wearing. It is unusual though, it's not often I see a box and can't tell you much about it.

 

If it's that ...
https://www.langantiques.com/university/product-tag/w-h-b-co/
I would think the arrow would have been incorporated into it.

 

The coronet with three ostrich feathers point to an English origin.

Debora

 

How about WHB Sheffield silver plate, Big case for knives, forks, and spoons Display??

 

I agree w/ Rave-Up- "At a guess I would say Black forest carving 19th c personalized box and then later modified? maybe Austrian? Swiss? going by the hat the figure is wearing." [/QUOTE]