Lovely Pair of Treen Goblets with Marquetry Darning Ball, Sold as Set stanley ruler infinite varieties--and this is a

infinite varieties--and this is a really beautiful

making him seem all the more eagerly in wait of a treat

Total love

and there is a fold in the drawing at the bottom right corner and some small scattered discolorations to the paper

and just a marvelous carving--which I take as a tender portrayal of the love of a mother for her child (and determination to use a slingshot or any other means necessary to protect him

Lovely Pair of Treen Goblets with Marquetry Darning Ball, Sold as Set stanley ruler infinite varieties--and this is aI believe these treen goblets would be described as stickware turned from a block composed of two different alternating woods, yielding the stripe pattern. I don't always pay much attention to treen cups like this, but these I found particularly lovely, with nice detailing on the stems, and they appear to be early ones to me. And I'd been sitting on this lovely old darning ball, which seemed the perfect complement, so I'm selling as a set including