Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box primitive sculpture I've tried to weed out

I've tried to weed out any with much damage

and there is a very carefully done old repair to the underside of the lid

This is a super sharp looking Wilhelm Kagel West German small planter or cachepot

6 1/4" x 4 3/4"

to my eye only enhancing its beauty

Curious Antique Hand-carved "Antes" Box primitive sculpture I've tried to weed outI have to think, with "antes" printed across the edge of one side, that this sweet hand carved box was made to carry a coin or game chip or two in order to be perpetually ready for a card match. It's certainly quite old, held together with hand forged nails, and with a slide opening on one end and an inset piece at the bottom. I believe the "antes" is branded burned into the surface of the wood, but it is a bit hard to tell. In any event, certainly a