Old Carved Wooden Cup (Presumed Dipper Bowl) with Smiling Imp 1911 edition of Voices of the Night On the underside of the

On the underside of the base is a flat sheet of tin which would need to be removed if one wanted to extract coins

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Late-ish 19th century I would guess and surely somewhat darker for the years on it

Each 2 1/2" long x 5/8" wide x 1/8" deep

Old Carved Wooden Cup (Presumed Dipper Bowl) with Smiling Imp 1911 edition of Voices of the Night On the underside of theI believe that this cup, with a carved hole on one side, once had a handle and was used as a dipper and given the imp devil carved into it, I'd guess for ale or similar! What a fabulously carved character he is, with graphite used to enhance his features and give teeth to that devilish wide smile and it appears there was once a name written in cursive letters across his chest, now a bit hard to read. The carving itself seems as old as the vessel or at