Sweet Little Bee-like Antique Folk Art Pin Cushion Japanese Daruma I find this rather a

I find this rather a haunting little carving

They read as brass

Closed: 8 1/2" x 3 1/4"

This is an early—very late 18th or very early 19th century—French lacquered papier-mâché snuff box

but I don't know more than that

Sweet Little Bee-like Antique Folk Art Pin Cushion Japanese Daruma I find this rather aJust too sweet a little pin cushion to resist, which to me looks something like a bird or bee flying into spring! Clearly made with a lot of love, with that pink silk ribbon hand stitched all around the edges, a small gap left at the nose end for hanging. Terrific fabric too, brocade I want to call it, with cream on black seaweed pattern and areas of well worn velvet. And then a pretty little blue and white patch sewn on to the underside, I presume a