Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box character 3 7/8" tall

3 7/8" tall

7 3/4" tall x 10 1/4" wide

as well as their long

making me want to spend the whole day playing

I believe it dates to the 1940s or so

Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box character 3 7/8" tallI'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