Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup mane The set includes nine pins

The set includes nine pins

and on one side some of the blue bleeds into the cream

with some wear to the label as accurately documented in photos

which I do not believe detracts at all from the beauty of the piece

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup mane The set includes nine pinsI thought this lovely old darning ball needed a spot to sit, so am including a sweet old turned wood cup as a freebie. The ball is beautifully crafted of a light and darker wood, and I think may be German, 1920s 1940s or so. The turned blonde wood cup may be older. A pretty pair to set somewhere to admire if not to put the ball to use mending a sock now and then. The ball measures 2 1 4" across. The cup is 2" tall x 2 3 8" wide. The ball is in overall