Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups this oak wood box is

this oak wood box is constructed of four hinged parts with triangular shaped ends

with an opening of 3/4" across

with these inky blue fish with fine black outlines and details

it would make a great tea caddy as well

which I am guessing represents a deer

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups this oak wood box isI 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