As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box fraternal order an Italian-born

an Italian-born

early 20th century I would guess

painted in a brown that makes me think 1970s

and then on the last page a woman with black cat at hear feet marking 1876 as a leap year as “A Ray of Hope

As Found: Collection of Old Carved Wooden Dice in Goodyear Rapid Needles Box fraternal order an Italian-bornI 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