Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) carved wooden box and what look to be

and what look to be the initials SM

And it is heavy

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

these feel not too difficult to master and great fun to spread out on the table

4 3/8” diameter x 3 1/8” t

Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) carved wooden box and what look to beIt 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