Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box what a fabulous thing

what a fabulous thing

It could easily be removed but the linen is  fragile

Feels like it has a good bit of age to it and it really quite a beautiful

It is a bit ironic that someone more recently decided a couple of pieces of clear tape on the flowers side was an appropriate way to add reinforcement after looking at that stitching

Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box what a fabulous thingThis strawberry shaped emery (like a small pin cushion but filled with emery powder for sharpening needles) appears once to have been entirely covered in red fabric, but all but a few tiny bright red bits around the top are gone, revealing the linen lining underneath. I like this darker color, and in all of its distressed ness, including what looks maybe like some scalding across the lower half, it looks to me like a badly bruised and wounded heart!