Boy Scout Carved Woodblock box with stone At present

At present

I think all three are just exquisitely beautiful objects to look at and live with

it could be used as a serving bowl or as a vase

The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father

Boy Scout Carved Woodblock box with stone At presentI imagine this sweet woodblock was carved by a member of a boy scout troop in the 1940s or so, to be used to print some sort of awards of merit or the like. The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father, he notes is, James Story, and a Tred Spivey is listed as well). I love it just as an object (with a handy hole at the top for hanging), but would be tempted to ink it and put it back in use to print a series of