Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside carved toy dagger Found on the southern coast

Found on the southern coast of Maine

a little homemade drawing booklet dated Aug

I have a vague notion that this drawing may have been done by Swedish artist Beata Mårtensson (1880-1956)

with an excellent untouched patina

Very pretty

Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside carved toy dagger Found on the southern coastI'll never get over my love for turned and painted wooden apple boxes like this one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c., and often housed miniature tea sets, or roulette style games this one still holding the spinner and ball for a horse racing game. The exterior shows general wear and one small ding to the wood, but to my mind one should pluck every one of these one finds and build an orchard of a