Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups it makes an ideal planter--refined

it makes an ideal planter--refined enough for inside

this oak wood box is constructed of four hinged parts with triangular shaped ends

next to the artist’s name is writing in pencil

with these inky blue fish with fine black outlines and details

I believe the animal depicted on the lid of this beautiful presumed Japanese lacquer box is a Shi-shi or Shisa dog-- a creature resembling a cross between a lion and a dog that derives from Okinawan mythology and is perceived to be a ward protecting from evils

Fancy Inlaid Wood Darning Ball with Treenware Cup sake cups it makes an ideal planter--refinedI thought this lovely old darning ball needed a spot to sit, so am including a sweet old turned wood cup as a freebie. The ball is beautifully crafted of a light and darker wood, and I think may be German, 1920s 1940s or so. The turned blonde wood cup may be older. A pretty pair to set somewhere to admire if not to put the ball to use mending a sock now and then. The ball measures 2 1 4" across. The cup is 2" tall x 2 3 8" wide. The ball is in overall