This one might be tough

[cheese]

I've searched for info about this box and came up with exactly nothing. Curiosity is killing me... what's this box for It's a small wooden round box about one inch across and 5/8" tall. It came in with a group of old marbles from the 1800s that I got recently, but it may not have anything to do with marbles. It won't hold any of the marbles I got and the inside is too small to hold most any marble made unless it was a peewee size. Anyone want to take a stab at it?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

May be an unused inkwell from the company with the described trademark for these drafting tools.........

www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-schoenner-germany-drafting-tools-original

Good catch. I think its a very good chance but I cant find a close up of the logo. Im thinking a container for replaceable points or leads.

 

[wvcoindigger13]

Yes, I agree with you bigcypresshunter - an inkwell would more than likely been corked. Just need to land the company now.......

 

[Gunrunner61]

My Grandmother owned a peddle type singer sewing machine when i was a kid, (im 50), It used a flat bobbin about the size of a nickle, give or take, about a 1/2 inch tall. they came in a small wooden box......for lack of a better word. very similar to that. JMHO

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

May be an unused inkwell from the company with the described trademark for these drafting tools.........

www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-schoenner-germany-drafting-tools-original

I tried to enlarge but not enough pixels. I think its got a good chance and it may be one of the better IDs made here from a Google search. "The inside of the flap has a torch and wreath? symbol with the letters TEC in the middle."

 

[DCMatt]

May be an unused inkwell from the company with the described trademark for these drafting tools.........

www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-schoenner-germany-drafting-tools-original

I believe you are on to something here:

The logo matches. Now what was the box used for?

DCMatt

 

[cheese]

That's it! Now if only there was a small wooden box in that set, we'd know. Gotta be the same company though... the logo matches. Awesome work!

 

[fozzyb65]

You'll notice those old drafting tools all use a short piece of pencil lead that was clamped in with the thumb screw. My dad is an engineer and I've played with his old drafting tools since I was a kid, and I think this probably held these short pieces of pencil lead. Or possibly small spare parts like the thumbscrews.

 

[IronSpike]

Killer ID

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

You'll notice those old drafting tools all use a short piece of pencil lead that was clamped in with the thumb screw. My dad is an engineer and I've played with his old drafting tools since I was a kid, and I think this probably held these short pieces of pencil lead. Or possibly small spare parts like the thumbscrews.

Yes I posted the same idea about the leads and points but the leads usually came in a tube and I see a lead tube in the case pictured. I took 4 years drafting in the 70's and I have my Dads old set. I think its a better possibility to be for small spare parts like you suggested.

 

[Daedalus]

I got a part for a precision tool a few years back and it came in a box just like that one. But I do not remember what was on the label . Quite a few Tool parts are shipped in wood boxes even today. You might check that route .

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Still working on tracking down what TEC stands for. T? Engineering Co. ?

So far, I've found that the drafting kits were made in Germany for International Correspondence Schools... most that I've run across now have either Schoenner (Germany) or Charvos (USA) tools, or a combination of those.

I'd say they were for spare parts, as stated above, as most of the kits had the lead shipped in a tube.