Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box what a fabulous thing

what a fabulous thing

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

It could easily be removed but the linen is  fragile

2 1/2" l x 1 11/16 w x 7/8" d

Like a Wounded Heart, Much Worn Antique Tuscarora Beaded Strawberry Emery sandwich box what a fabulous thingThis 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!