Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over round drawing of man in tophat 8" l x 5" d

8" l x 5" d x 3 3/8" t

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which I vividly remember opening for the first time

A nice one just to set on the desk or shelf or table like a little sculpture

and a couple of  dupes among them--but who wouldn't want a pair of double fives when they're are wonderfully wonky as these

Curious Old Gold Ball with Hooks All Over round drawing of man in tophat 8" l x 5" dI've had a bit of a string of acquiring things I find quite evocative but know very little about and here's another! I have no idea how or why this gold painted ball with hooks all over came to be, but I love it as an object, and it would make a pretty effective hanger now for rings of keys, or necklaces, or sprigs of mistletoe! There is a loop at top from which it could be hung from a wire or ribbon or string I might suggest from the ceiling so as to