Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery Constant all the way around

Constant all the way around is a black design of triangles with lines through the centers

is monogrammed with the initials HHF

with just a tiny loss of paint in a couple of spots

which are black lacquer with incised patterns in green

" Note: the height of the box is 2 inches due to the rise in the center

Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery Constant all the way aroundI've become pretty enamored of old wooden trucks and trains (in addition to everything else!), but it seems to me that anything that consumed such time, patience, and obvious passion on the part of its maker should be paid some respect and, hopefully, now find its way to a kindred spirit! These trains (scroll through all photos to see the complete set) I purchased at the estate sale of a family in Newburyport, MA, whose recently deceased father had