Fancy Antique Treen Darning Egg antique Japanese sake bottle making me think a bit

making me think a bit of gothic gargoyles

The box does not clasp

He certainly looks happy and eager holding his bat

I would not have known their purpose had it not been explained to me by the owner of this shop

Fancy Antique Treen Darning Egg antique Japanese sake bottle making me think a bitThough I haven't darned a thing in my life, I just can't resist these fancy inlaid treen darning eggs when I come across them so pretty, great to hold, and a perfect thing to build a collection of in all their variety. And while I've seen a fair number patterned with two different woods, I haven't seen many with three, which this appears to be, in what I think's a pretty great design. I'm not totally sure the age or origin of this one, but might guess