Old Handmade Cigar Box Wood Miniature Desk fun bowls hand-painted in underglaze blue with

hand-painted in underglaze blue with stylised flowerheads at their centers and loop and dot borders

and with a great presence

Marked 1626 on the bottoms

this great "Original Game of Sentences" is quite rare

Here's the full poem:

Old Handmade Cigar Box Wood Miniature Desk fun bowls hand-painted in underglaze blue withI believe this very sweet old handmade secretary style desk was made of cigar box wood, or wood from an old crate, as there is some text showing through the green paint on the back side. Everything about this makes me happy, teeming with the vision of some father or grandfather carefully piecing it together for a much loved child. 4 5 8" t x 4 3 16" w x 2 7 8" d. Varnished and green painted wood. Very good condition. It looks like perhaps tiny screws