Old Wooden Spinning Tops - Set of 2 antique report cards I think the design-- executed

I think the design-- executed in low relief and glazed a lighter brown--is just terrific

as most I have in this style contain an interior compartment--usually concealed by a sliding top--for stashing snuff (ground tobacco

finely made cross-stitch on heavy linen pillowcases feature grids of wonderfully detailed images: figures engaged in a variety of activities (a gardener sowing seeds

constructed so "that when impelled in one direction

Old Wooden Spinning Tops - Set of 2 antique report cards I think the design-- executedI just love these old wooden spinning tops as objects, and I believe this pair are probably a hundred years old at least. As they should be, they are quite worn all over, with dings and scrapes and some dryness to the wood. In great structural shape and good for a spin, though also nice just on the shelf. Larger: 2 1 2" tall x 1 3 4" d. Smaller: 2" tall x 1 1 2" d.