As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box regency The look of it makes

The look of it makes it feel as if it should have hung on a rail at a car racing track (or maybe a demotion derby

the whole thing is wonderfully moody and atmospheric

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

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

but the key is still with the box

As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box regency The look of it makesI 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