Box of Antique Hand-carved Miniature Columns/Balustrades (For Dollhouse that Never Was?) boy with flowers I first picked this up

I first picked this up because I liked it as a box--old

One of two horizontal struts on the underside of the lid

the company of its maker I assume

There is not a whole lot out there about Renate Scheer Kalkofen (1935-2013) who created this gorgeous "In Outer Space" print in 1966

7 9/16" l x 2 1/8" d x 3 3/16" t and in very good condition

Box of Antique Hand-carved Miniature Columns/Balustrades (For Dollhouse that Never Was?) boy with flowers I first picked this upI presume these were made as columns or balustrades for a large and elaborate dollhouse or architectural model of some sort, but appear never to have been put to use, and they feel now rather like antique building blocks with which might might construct all sorts of different things. There were clearly made by hand, with plenty of variation among them and graphite cut marks still on them, and surely have 100 years on them at least. 34 of them total,