Old Black Painted Hanging Balls in Cage Whimsy with Sliding Shelf Hokusai ) Her gold hair ornaments

) Her gold hair ornaments are wonderfully echoed in star-like bursts of blossoms on the tree branches behind her

He did his military service as a musician in an infantry formation

The box measures 10" in diameter (the plates measure just shy of that) and 2

circa 1960

and plenty of irregularity to the dominoes as pictured

Old Black Painted Hanging Balls in Cage Whimsy with Sliding Shelf Hokusai ) Her gold hair ornamentsWhat's especially cool about this old carved whimsy is that the "shelf" separating the two balls slides all the way up and down inside. It was made to hang (the hanging loop is original to it), such that gravity forces the slider down to rest on top of the lower ball, but when laid on its side it can be positioned however one likes. It's an old one, carved of pine I believe, with wear to the paint along the corners, to the good I think. 4 5 8" tall (5