Farmhouse with Lighthouse and Train Station Vintage Needlepoint woman Truly a special piece

Truly a special piece

the dovetail box is missing the edge trim on one end of its sliding top

and numbered 4 of 4

with blackening in some areas as a result of the firing process

I love him just sitting around among a collection of other brass boxes

Farmhouse with Lighthouse and Train Station Vintage Needlepoint woman Truly a special pieceA farmhouse WITH a light house PLUS a train station AND a horse and buggyI love how this vintage needlepoint is pretty much everything but the kitchen sink, and very New England coast. The little details, too, are pretty great, from the woman gathering laundry off the line, to the chickens pecking away on the green next to the train tracks, to the leafy trees, to men shooting the breeze next to the buggy filled with bags of coal (?), and American flag