Perfect Old Turned and Painted Apple Box Portland Oregon ioof or a sideshow strongman

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atmosphere

with super saturated color and no loose bits

which to my eye have the effect of lending him an interesting sense of femininity

Perfect Old Turned and Painted Apple Box Portland Oregon ioof or a sideshow strongmanMy love for these turned and painted wooden apple boxes will never die, and this is really a nice one. These were made in Japan for the Western market, beginning in the late 19th c. I believe, and often housed miniature tea sets or roulette style games and the like this one just the spinner for a horse racing game, chips and ball long gone (but it's cool how that spinner mounts perfectly on the interior spike of the apple's stem ). A fairly large and