Many Faceted Hand-sewn Cloth over Board Star in Ice Cream Colors with Rattle Inside antique toolfolk art tool in one of many boxes

in one of many boxes of old tools and odds and ends

Not at all fragile

thicker in some areas and thinner in others

19th century British and turned of boxwood and ebony

Many Faceted Hand-sewn Cloth over Board Star in Ice Cream Colors with Rattle Inside antique toolfolk art tool in one of many boxesI grabbed this one without a second thought at the New Hampshire Antiques Show all of those facets forming stars upon stars and the juicy ice cream flavored color palette just melted me! And there are beans or something inside that make it rattle. One sees smaller Victorian faceted pin cushions constructed in a similar manner, fabric over cardboard, but I think this was likely just made to be a rattle toy and a means of someone showing off their