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🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
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🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (6)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (7)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (8)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (9)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (1)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (2)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (3)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (4)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (5)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (6)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (7)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (8)
🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow product image (9)

🎎 Vintage Japanese Sewing Machine Bobbin Box – Mid-Showa Era – Japan Antique Roadshow

$43.00

🎎 This small handmade wooden box from Japan’s mid-Showa period (circa 1960s–70s) was crafted to store a single sewing machine bobbin. Modest in scale but rich in quiet beauty, it reflects the Mingei movement’s core ideals—honest materials, hand-craftsmanship, and everyday utility.

With its subtle gold lacquer banding and paper-lined interior, this piece bridges the realms of folk craft and postwar domestic life. It’s the kind of item that might sit neatly in a drawer beside spools of thread and tailor’s chalk—ready to be used, not displayed.

In Japan, sewing has long been more than mere mending—it’s an artful, self-sufficient practice often passed down through generations. During the mid-20th century, as electric sewing machines entered everyday homes, small tools like this one were crafted with care, often by local woodworkers or even family members. This box is likely a one-off—its snug lid and curved finger-grip suggesting it was made for someone specific, by someone who cared.

📏 Approximate dimensions:
• Era: Mid-Showa (circa 1960s–70s)
• Material: Wood with lacquer and paper lining
• Size: 4.5 cm (L) × 3.75 cm (W) × 3 cm (H)
• Weight: 10g
• Condition: Structurally sound with wear from age and use
• Features: Sliding-style lid, hand-applied lacquer, faint gold decorative banding

Curated in Shizuoka City by Kurt Bell, this piece offers a quiet, tangible connection to Japanese folk art, domestic ritual, and the gentle endurance of handmade life.

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  • Quality is guaranteed. If there is a print error or visible quality issue, we'll replace or refund it.
  • Because the products are made to order, we do not accept general returns or sizing-related returns.