Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos antique pocket frame with its diagonal beautifully echoed

with its diagonal beautifully echoed by the feathers of his hat and counterpointed by the opposite diagonal of his quiver

so perhaps painted in England

Early 20th century I believe and unsigned as far as I can tell

just to be sure it would endure

for securing it to the wall

Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos antique pocket frame with its diagonal beautifully echoedSo lovely. I come across a sewing ball of this form now and again, usually in two or three shades of velvet, which don't hugely excite me, but I've never seen one in indigo calicos, which is what made me jump on this one when I spotted it last week at an antique show in New Hampshire. Absolutely the most beautiful example of one of these typically referred to as Amish puzzle balls or Amish sewing balls I've ever seen, and like a book of indigo calico