Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios bowl with the popcorn beads ranging

with the popcorn beads ranging from approximately 1 to 1 1/2" in diameter

this large West German Georg Schmider bowl features a satin white body animated by a  cheerful incised surface design of interlocking circles with pops of red

2" tall x 1 7/8" wide x 1 1/2" deep and in excellent vintage condition

I think the black and white stripes and swirl patterns of the inlaid glass are fantastic (it feels as if that glass was just destined to become this bat) and then that face

into which all of the components neatly fit

Small Hand-crafted Old Wooden Wall Shelf for Tiny Curios bowl with the popcorn beads rangingWhat a curious little shelf this is, stamped on the back as having been made by Ebenezer Averill Boxworks. I've done some digging and have found a few Ebenezer Averill's from these parts from the 18th and 19th centuries, but have not found any citations of a Boxworks, so am not quite sure of the age of this piece, though I might guess late 19th early 20th c. I'm also not quite sure what is was made for perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles? It