Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside \to hang and one carved arm

and one carved arm

with the chimney doubling as a coin slot and the hinged front door opening wide to fetch one's fortune

I have not touched it as its got a nice patina

with ears surely having gotten a bit more rounded over the years

and happily found its mate

Old Turned Wooden Apple with Horse Roulette Spinner Inside \to hang and one carved armI'll never get over my love for turned and painted wooden apple boxes like this one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c., and often housed miniature tea sets, or roulette style games this one still holding the spinner and ball for a horse racing game. The exterior shows general wear and one small ding to the wood, but to my mind one should pluck every one of these one finds and build an orchard of a