ABC WXZ 1904, Densely Doodled Old Wooden Drawing/Drafting Board primitive bee box looking to me as if

looking to me as if it might just have spotted a cat in the distance

with gold painted pieces nailed to either side on the chest behind where they indent

and then that top hat

I especially love the relief carved urn of flowers on the opposite end myself

I've been on the hunt

ABC WXZ 1904, Densely Doodled Old Wooden Drawing/Drafting Board primitive bee box looking to me as ifThis is an antique student drawing drafting board, similar to those produced by Milton Bradley in the late 1800s. (I've bought and sold a few, which also came with a t square and drafting angles, likely the case here, with a couple of wooden bits mounted to the reverse that would have held them in place.). Of course the beauty of this is the life it has lead, the entire surface covered with ink and graphite drawn doodles a dense field populated with