Vintage Wooden Gnome Sewing Caddy – Darning Mushroom, Tape & Thimble – FOREIGN

Name: Vintage Wooden Gnome Sewing Caddy – Darning Mushroom, Tape & Thimble – FOREIGN
Brand: Unbranded
Price: 45.0 GBP
Availability: OutOfStock

Hand-painted wooden sewing caddy with gnome and toadstools. Removable red darning mushroom, flower pincushion (replacement), pink thimble holder, and integrated cloth tape measure with pull ring. Felted underside stamped FOREIGN (mid-century UK import). Erzgebirge-style; exact country not confirmed. Tape is inch-graduated. All wood construction.

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Size/Dimensions

Circa H: 9cm x D: 7cm

Condition

Good vintage condition with small paint chips and rubs, mainly to the base edges. Pincushion is a later replacement. Tape, mushroom and thimble holder present. Clean and ready to display.

Era

Mid-century, c.1950s–1960s (typical of “FOREIGN”-marked import novelties of the period).