Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery and I've gotten pretty choosy

and I've gotten pretty choosy

which are black lacquer with incised patterns in green

with just a tiny loss of paint in a couple of spots

Constant all the way around is a black design of triangles with lines through the centers

lidded pewter box features exceptionally fine engraved details (thousands and thousands of tiny pin pricks

Antique Strombecker Wooden Train Set - Four Locomotives Plus Eight Cars Japanese pottery and I've gotten pretty choosyI've become pretty enamored of old wooden trucks and trains (in addition to everything else!), but it seems to me that anything that consumed such time, patience, and obvious passion on the part of its maker should be paid some respect and, hopefully, now find its way to a kindred spirit! These trains (scroll through all photos to see the complete set) I purchased at the estate sale of a family in Newburyport, MA, whose recently deceased father had