Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) carved wooden box Deming is impressed on the

Deming is impressed on the rear side of the sculpture

And it is heavy

4 3/8” diameter x 3 1/8” t

with a little curling but it should flatten out

I haven't been able to find out anything about the Ted Cross who signed it

Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) carved wooden box Deming is impressed on theIt seems to me likely that this grasshopper is Japanese, made in the tradition of "Okimono" insects crafted by makers of Samurai armour and given as tokens of good luck. (One photo example included very similarly crafted to this one.) Whatever the case, nicely done, and clearly with a good bit of age to it and of course grasshoppers as the luckiest insects of all, representing good fortune as well as happiness and joy. 3 5 8" l x 1 1 16" t x 7 8" w