Big Chunky Carved Whimsy with Links an Ball in Cage colorful MA along with several other

MA along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

I find it completely wonder-inducing

I believe this very charming antique hand-colored lithograph dates to the 1840s or so

3 1/8" in diameter and 3/4" deep

with what I believe are horsehair bristles running both horizontally

Big Chunky Carved Whimsy with Links an Ball in Cage colorful MA along with several otherThis carved whimsy is quite the opposite of refined, which is much of what I love about it, plus the fact that both end pieces can be stood up, with the two links crossed above them, making it perfect for sitting like a sculpture on a shelf. It's big and chunky 16 1 4" inches long when stretched out and 1 5 8 inches wide and deep and the ball makes a nice rattle in its cage when shaken! It would be good hung on the wall by one of the links, too.