Old Black Painted Hanging Balls in Cage Whimsy with Sliding Shelf Hokusai and plenty of irregularity to

and plenty of irregularity to the dominoes as pictured

From top to bottom in the first photo

circa 1960

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

Old Black Painted Hanging Balls in Cage Whimsy with Sliding Shelf Hokusai and plenty of irregularity toWhat'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