Perfect Old Turned and Painted Apple Box darning which immediately came to mind

which immediately came to mind when I came across this etching

and based on others I have had would think first half of the 19th century

which infamously sank during the Portland Gale blizzard of 1898

Soulful as well as stoic though

I am thinking this is most likely a piece of British trench art

Perfect Old Turned and Painted Apple Box darning which immediately came to mindMy love for these turned and painted wooden apple boxes will never die, and this is really a nice one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c. I believe, and often housed miniature tea sets or roulette style games and the like this one just the spinner for a horse racing game, chips and ball long gone (but it's cool how that spinner mounts perfectly on the interior spike of the apple's stem ). A fairly large and