Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box cat with button eyes It is in very good

It is in very good condition and I have not attempted to polish it

very finely made and unique pair of vessels

It appears to be in excellent condition

but just perfect as it is

Presumed mid-century and signed on the bottom

Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box cat with button eyes It is in very goodI'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