As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box fraternal order painted in a brown that

painted in a brown that makes me think 1970s

but what a happy mix remains

and signed Palmer on the back

7 1/4" t x approx 1 1/4" x 1 1/4"

As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box fraternal order painted in a brown thatI love an old box found with a collection inside, especially if that's a collection of old dice! The paper label on the jointed, slide lid box here reads Goodyear Rapid Needles, Manufactured for the United Shoe Machinery Co, Boston, by Excelsior Needle Co, which a little research helps me date to right around 1890. But of course it is the handmade wooden dice I really love, in a variety of sizes, some with dots marked in ink, some graphite, and there