Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box baseball player carving and one could certainly engrave

and one could certainly engrave the back

This sort of chainstitch embroidery

or use the loops on the back (made for strapping to a belt) to hang it on the wall in the kitchen or bathroom filled with matches or bandaids or little objects or whatever

Upon moving to Nova Scotia

Primitive and contemporary at once

Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box baseball player carving and one could certainly engraveI've found a very close match of this lovely small lacquer string holder that describes it (with some authority) as English Victorian era Chinoiserie, late 19th or very early 20th century. Made of lacquered papier mache, it features wonderful gold toned decoration, different on all sides, depicting figures engaged in a variety of scenes, including one figure smoking from a pipe, another holding a fan, another reading, and another who appears to be