Pretty Old Inlaid Darning Egg hand-drawn faces the text is clear and

the text is clear and completely readable

25" l x 3 1/4" t (not including hooks) x 3/16" t

This lovely old checkerboard-type parquetry egg-shaped finial surely once attached to something

just missing the top

Pretty Old Inlaid Darning Egg hand-drawn faces the text is clear andI have a hard time not grabbing these old inlaid darning eggs when I find them; they're just so pretty, and great to hold, and a nice thing to collect, perfectly displayed in a big bowl filled with them. This one looks to me like a combination of walnut and pine, though I'm not the best identifying woods, and at the base is a small hole from, I assume, where it was turned. 3 3 4" l x approx 2 1 4" in diameter. Certainly used, with tiny dings and