Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy Chinese five-drawer jewelry box The leather is beautifully aged

The leather is beautifully aged and in great condition

and those wonderful little wings

it is just the cross and RIP that make me think it's a trench art patch

with two pairs of lovely carved notches along the edges of the rail on the top

Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy Chinese five-drawer jewelry box The leather is beautifully agedI can't begin to wrap my head around how this whimsy was conceived of, let alone carved, but I think it is one of the most amazing whimsies I've ever seen! Photos describe it better than I can, but the basic gist is that it opens up to reveal five working pliers of progressively smaller size, and I have to think the whole thing was carved from one piece of wood. Amazing details down to ribbed grips on the interiors of each set. And lots of