Pretty Pair of Old Strawberry Emeries vintage domino playing cards quite lovely

quite lovely

written 100+ years ago by the RWM who made the drawing in black ink

It sits fine upright

though it still snaps closed at front and holds them safely together just fine

Plenty of bubbles in the bottle glass

Pretty Pair of Old Strawberry Emeries vintage domino playing cards quite lovelyI find it so heartening and life affirming the care and effort people put into making useful things special, and find old emeries and pin cushions a perfect case in point there's no reason for the tiny stitches meant to look like seeds on the smaller of these two emeries, but how nice that they, and the scalloped green velvet top, are there! For a long time I didn't know the distinction between emeries and pin cushions, but now know that the former