Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool antique sewing I have learned that boxes

I have learned that boxes like this were made to house Mahjong sets

Really sweet

and the little ones are each  approx

I've polished the silver some and it could be polished a bit more

rendered in that amazing Persian blue with green belly and wings

Sweet Old Floral Petit Point on Dark Blue Wool antique sewing I have learned that boxesThis little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy; as with old samplers, I think it wonderfully caries the hand and sensibility of its maker, and I love it all the more for its moth holes and lost stitches. While it reads as black in these photos, the wool backing is a dark blue, and indeed there are a few small holes near the top right edge. It is sold as found in a very old, pretty worn gilded wood frame, the wood back of which shows