Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos antique pocket frame with wear and paint loss

with wear and paint loss as evident

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and a rare one to feature the inlay of whole pearls

I find them all quite charming and happiness inducing

The Picture of Good Manner [Account of Sir William Gooch

Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos antique pocket frame with wear and paint lossSo lovely. I come across a sewing ball of this form now and again, usually in two or three shades of velvet, which don't hugely excite me, but I've never seen one in indigo calicos, which is what made me jump on this one when I spotted it last week at an antique show in New Hampshire. Absolutely the most beautiful example of one of these typically referred to as Amish puzzle balls or Amish sewing balls I've ever seen, and like a book of indigo calico