Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup brush with light wood handle Each measures approximately 5 1/2"

Each measures approximately 5 1/2" diameter x 7/8" tall

showing a few small scratches/cracks in the wood

I love how the design plays with optical perceptions: focusing on the light brown it reads as a series of repeating abstract geometrical patterns

but I have found no other like it

which suggests perhaps she is actually better used for growing herbs to complete dishes gleaned from Moosewood or my favorite

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup brush with light wood handle Each measures approximately 5 1/2"I thought this lovely old darning ball needed a spot to sit, so am including a sweet old turned wood cup as a freebie. The ball is beautifully crafted of a light and darker wood, and I think may be German, 1920s 1940s or so. The turned blonde wood cup may be older. A pretty pair to set somewhere to admire if not to put the ball to use mending a sock now and then. The ball measures 2 1 4" across. The cup is 2" tall x 2 3 8" wide. The ball is in overall