Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups which I am guessing represents

which I am guessing represents a deer

it would make a great tea caddy as well

The lid is attached by nice hinges

with these inky blue fish with fine black outlines and details

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups which I am guessing representsI 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