Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups The lid is attached by

The lid is attached by nice hinges

which I am guessing represents a deer

with an opening of 3/4" across

it makes an ideal planter--refined enough for inside

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups The lid is attached byI 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