Lovely and Smart Antique Silk Covered Color-blocked Folk Art Sewing Box isleta which is dark

which is dark

which I think is very likely the case

and the nib comes off easily

There is gold paint used for detailing on the green urn

I don't mind--and what a lot of work and care Samuel Stevens of West Derby Vermont

Lovely and Smart Antique Silk Covered Color-blocked Folk Art Sewing Box isleta which is darkThere is a specific type of antique geometric pin cushion pin keep, constructed of card board with a different piece of colorful silk on each facet (see photos for one example not the best but you get a sense), that is very close kin to this box; the construction, and the feel, is just the same. I'm fairly obsessed with those, but have never seen one like this, and it feels like a special present of a little sewing box to me. Very modern feeling, too,