Old Wooden Bobbin Egg Timer game Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

Her teachers included Stig Lindberg

The interior and bottom are glazed a smooth

which appears to have been rendered on the back of a white paper receipt or wrapper

Additionally

Or perhaps it was used for storing tobacco

Old Wooden Bobbin Egg Timer game Her teachers included Stig LindbergHow much nicer to use this old hourglass timer than one's phone to track the minutes while boiling an egg, or to keep your Scrabble partner from taking forever?! At some point it must have been a thing to repurpose old wooden spools this way, and wisely so; it's a pretty great object, with a satisfying scale and weight a pleasure to use but also nice just sitting on the shelf. I got distracted for a minute while testing it but believe it measures 4