Red Painted Apple Cutting Board old oil cloth doll containing three bone dice inside

containing three bone dice inside which would be used for the popular European game 421 (google it to find the rules)

--for the Greek goddess Medusa

I also like that this buttoned up boy looks as much like a grown man as he does a young child--to me appearing as if well on his way to become a suburban banker

pointing to his name

and now one of my very favorite finds ever

Red Painted Apple Cutting Board old oil cloth doll containing three bone dice insideI just really like the shape of this apple, which also feels a bit like a tomato, and all of the wear including burn marks on the reverse side, which tell us no mere decorative cutting board was this. Unfussy, and satisfying. With a hole in the green painted stem for hanging. c. 1940s 50s I would think. 11 13 16 x 10 x 3 4 and in good, much used condition, with some a little minor surface cracking on the painted side, one funny little touch up to the