Charming 1889 Wire-Hinged Wooden Box with Hand-sewn, Embroidered Piecework Decoration original carving I'm guess fixed via glue

I'm guess fixed via glue at some point and now totally stable--all as pictured

This guy is small

A charming set of vintage painted wood toy bowling pins or skittles in yellow

with surface wear all to the good

it's got a lot of that embedded in the stories

Charming 1889 Wire-Hinged Wooden Box with Hand-sewn, Embroidered Piecework Decoration original carving I'm guess fixed via glueHandwritten sideways in small, careful numbers on one interior wall of this box is the year 1889, almost like a secret. I think it's possible the wire hinged box itself is a little older than that, but would guess that's when the top of it was decorated with this silk and velvet and brocade piecework quilt of sorts, with embroidered stem of red flowers on dark blue wool at center. A few die cut decoupage elements on the slate gray painted sides, too,