Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box Feels like it has a

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

was designed and signed by Rune Tennesmed of Sweden

10 1/8" x 9 1/8"

what a fabulous thing

Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box Feels like it has aThis 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!