Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom lenticular or for placing at the

or for placing at the center of

which I believe dates to the mid to late 19th century

1960s Bitossi Rosenthal Netter vase makes me think of when the grass first starts to turn green after the long winter

Technically a watercolor painting I suppose

which were shot through the glass

Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom lenticular or for placing at theI cannot resist objects like this, which wear the stories of their lives on their sleeves or bottoms, as is the case here. The thing itself is great, and a rare one: a very sweet old turned wood box with terrific galloping red horse on top and roulette wheel inside, which spins super fast, rolling the metal ball around until it lands in one of the recesses, marking the winning horse. One assumes the five little wooden chips stamped with horses 1 5 are