As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box regency Heavy and super sturdy

Heavy and super sturdy

the whole thing is wonderfully moody and atmospheric

her body but not her head given just the right painterly orange-brown watercolor treatment

) Great image I think

Pegs can take a bit of effort to get to stand up straight but will

As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box regency Heavy and super sturdyI love an old box found with a collection inside, especially if that's a collection of old dice! The paper label on the jointed, slide lid box here reads Goodyear Rapid Needles, Manufactured for the United Shoe Machinery Co, Boston, by Excelsior Needle Co, which a little research helps me date to right around 1890. But of course it is the handmade wooden dice I really love, in a variety of sizes, some with dots marked in ink, some graphite, and there