Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos white vase with gray flowers and seeming just the right

and seeming just the right complement to the grid of simple division math problems below

a very very finely crafted whimsy

The form of the leg makes me believe it dates to the 2nd half of the 19th century

I think it's pretty fantastic

All in good condition in very beautiful shades of cyan

Antique Amish Sewing Ball in Indigo Calicos white vase with gray flowers and seeming just the rightSo 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