Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside \to hang in very large part for

in very large part for its very rich patina--which is what won the dealer I purchased it from too

with minor paint loss as pictured

With wonderful inlaid mother of pearl at center of the lid

where the paint build up is about 3/4 of an inch deep

with ears surely having gotten a bit more rounded over the years

Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside \to hang in very large part forI'll never get over my love for turned and painted wooden apple boxes like this one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c., and often housed miniature tea sets, or roulette style games this one still holding the spinner and ball for a horse racing game. The exterior shows general wear and one small ding to the wood, but to my mind one should pluck every one of these one finds and build an orchard of a