Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside carved toy dagger I personally really love the

I personally really love the tension between the calligraphic perfection of her dress and arms and cloak and the slight awkwardness of her face

Very pretty

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

this child does not look especially full of life

Found on the southern coast of Maine

Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside carved toy dagger I personally really love theI'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