Chinese Antique Carved Mother of Pearl Gaming Token clear glass flask who built the bodies of

who built the bodies of the two figures by welding together a mosh-mosh of nuts and bolts and other assorted iron bits

I loved it already

which included a collection of several other Indonesian nutcrackers

I've since learned this is a collegiate tobacco silk

two light--would be great strung up in a window

Chinese Antique Carved Mother of Pearl Gaming Token clear glass flask who built the bodies ofSuch a wonderful little curiosity, which I'd treat as a talisman, perhaps carrying around and pulling out when in need of a little extra good luck. This is a really nice one, made of mother of pearl and very finely hand carved with different scenes on either side, plus a decorative border of flowers and vines and corresponding carved edge. These sorts of gaming counters were made by Chinese artisans in the 18th and early 19th centuries, typically