Crate Made Large Model Train Station with Great Lines antique wallpapered box and the scalloped pattern around

and the scalloped pattern around the exterior makes this small bowl

In addition to its sheer beauty- the hand-stitching on those fan-like pale blonde horsehair bristles

actually (based on the animals) appears to be the top of the piece: I believe it was once woven all the way to the end

6 1/2" long x 4 1/2 tall

Crate Made Large Model Train Station with Great Lines antique wallpapered box and the scalloped pattern aroundI think the lines on this old crate wood, scratch made structure are just terrific; something about the angled ramp on the front side together together with the open square at center and the pitch of the green roof just totally does it for me. Fashioned from old crate wood, I assume it was meant to be a train station and was made as part of a model train station set up but it's fairly large structure, so perhaps it was just its own thing. Whatever the