Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs folk art model boat including an essay by Patrick

including an essay by Patrick Furneaux tracing the history and development of printmaking centers and cooperatives in the regions featured

an old English game that goes back to antiquity

The curled piece attached by rivet to the bottom left of the hanging rack is a tiny bit loose

green paper lining

Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs folk art model boat including an essay by PatrickThe kin of these Japanese nesting eggs are the treen apples one sees around from time to time housing a spinning horse race game inside. These are a bit rarer from what I can tell, c. 1920s 40s I believe, with each of the eggs but for the largest one hand decorated, I would guess while they were spinning around on a lathe. This set yields five complete eggs, which hold together snugly, and then there are four more unmatched halves that fit neatly