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

as if he's just woken from a nap

I have found a number of lovely cast silver polar bears online of about the same size and to which it bears a close resemblance

proudly monogrammed HJL

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