Along the bottom edge is a signature
I think it makes for quite a satisfying tabletop object just on its own--the wood is beautiful and the elongated egg form really elegant--though it would be fun to see it put to use as the topper for a whole new construction
Each measures 12 3/8" tall x 4" wide x 2" deep without candles
and interior "V"'s pointing to 25 point increments
then I found two similar
The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama Stanlo Along the bottom edge isYou may be better at deciphering the long note written in very small print on the back of this real photo postcard than I, but I can decipher the date of October, 8, 1917, and the location, Seacroft. And I can make out that the diorama captured by the photographer was the creation of the child, showing the Meccano Destroyer off to "pick the huns" with huns, I believe, slang for Germans. Of course me its all about the diorama, with wonderfully folky