Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy Chinese five-drawer jewelry box and those wonderful little wings

and those wonderful little wings

in a nice antique solid wood frame

Cards measure just a hair larger than 4 1/4" x 2 1/4" each

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

Pretty good from the front

Amazing Quintuple Pliers Old Carved Wooden Whimsy Chinese five-drawer jewelry box and those wonderful little wingsI 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