Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate vintage Japanese toy As far as beautiful wooden

As far as beautiful wooden toys that have become icons of modern design

made in six pieces

I found this at the estate sale of an artist and longtime art professor in Worchester

Based on other ginger jars to which it bears closest resemblance

Girl with Spools Antique Painting on School Slate vintage Japanese toy As far as beautiful woodenI thought this sweet little painting Victorian era, I'd think on an old school slate would make a great gift for an emerging seamstress, or anyone handy with a needle and thread, really. I love how the spool to her left appears to be falling from the sky, like a shooting star, and she reminds me of a waif from Dickens or the like, with this moment signaling her destiny yet to unfold! All of this is made even better by the old gold paint on the wood