Antique Black and Gold Painted Lock Shaped Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy letter knife which also feels to me

which also feels to me like a pure embodiment of curiosity

Nice weight smooth board

Things like this just crush my heart

There are a series of X's carved lightly into the exterior near the top on one side

perhaps Ukranian

Antique Black and Gold Painted Lock Shaped Ball in Cage Carved Whimsy letter knife which also feels to meA great old one, and an unusual one for the old black and mellow gold paint on it, with painted designs, including several X's, giving it a bit of a mystical feel, as if it once dangled at the end of a chain used in secret ceremonies who knows?! Nicely carved with a very round ball in the cage and a great old alligatored surface now. Good for hanging from a nail on the wall, setting somewhere, or wearing around one's neck as a dramatic pendant! 5 3 8"