Featured Spice or Salt Box? Help Carved Item

Hi all, I was at an estate sale on the weekend and it was sad, quite a few of the items I bought I had sold to the deceased person. This one I thought I had asked about here but can't find it - I think the response was a spice or salt box? Or maybe I'm remembering wrong. So I apologize if I've asked before. It is 6 1/2"L x 4"H, has damage. What kind of wood is this? Date on the bottom looks like 1947. I've been looking on-line and not really finding similar.
Any information appreciated
thanks for looking

 

nice CX !!!

 

Looks like binoculars,dont they ? Thats a lot of wear for being from 1947,must have been used a lot.

 

thanks komokwa

lol, google image search thinks they look like binoculars too johnny

 

The inscriptions are in Hungarian. I have seen similar carving on Hungarian gates and farmdoors in rural areas. So Hungarian folk art. I like it.

 

Very nice.

 

Halfway down this page is an example of a carved frieze(?) in an open air museum in western Hungary:

https://atdownunder.com/2012/09/19/orseg/

More on this pinterest page:

https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/141159769556479730/

Not all of it is Hungarian, look for the names with a lot of accents, like ' and ", those are Hungarian. Also, Magyar means Hungary.

 

I would say salt and pepper.

 

Agreed. It really looks older than that! Nice item.

 

Kézölt means handmade in Hungarian (google). On the other side is the maker's name, József (something).

 

thanks for all the replies folks

folks art sounds great! I like it too

thanks for the links AJ some wonderful pieces on the pinterest page

Thanks Lark, could be for salt and pepper