Earlier 20th Century Japanese Painted Treen Apple with Horse Roulette Inside blacksmith tool and so have become increasingly

and so have become increasingly selective about the ones that excite me--and this is one of those

(And reminding me a bit of the phenomenal "electric pencil" drawings of James Edward Deeds

) I've included a couple of examples of maps of Africa from around this time for reference

made for internal use at the studio or factory

no tears or major dents or bends

Earlier 20th Century Japanese Painted Treen Apple with Horse Roulette Inside blacksmith tool and so have become increasinglyI just can't resist these treen apples, each its own thing based on when it was made and the life it has lived, with variations in size and paint too. Many housed games or miniature tea sets horse roulette is my favorite. And the one time owner of this one appears to have been French, with handwritten notes on the roulette wheel, and on the horse tokens too, declaring each to either represent rouge or noir (red or black) making it more like a game of