Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom lenticular Heller began copying his idol

Heller began copying his idol Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

or for placing at the center of

pour some scotch

with its round body and long thin neck

It is the perfect shade of green--somewhere between olive and kelly--with a fabulous pop of orange around the lid

Japanese Horse Roulette in Turned Wooden Box with Great Text on Bottom lenticular Heller began copying his idolI cannot resist objects like this, which wear the stories of their lives on their sleeves or bottoms, as is the case here. The thing itself is great, and a rare one: a very sweet old turned wood box with terrific galloping red horse on top and roulette wheel inside, which spins super fast, rolling the metal ball around until it lands in one of the recesses, marking the winning horse. One assumes the five little wooden chips stamped with horses 1 5 are