Elegant Antique Black with Gold Stars Lacquer Tea Box (with Silvered Interior) green snake fat balls barely contained by

fat balls barely contained by the cage

There is a word or name burned into the wood at bottom right (with frowning face showing) but I can't make it out (looks maybe like Furrise

dipped in white slip and then hand-painted--ivery much n the manner of the work of famous father and son Mexican folk artists Aurelio and Francisco Flores from Izúcar de Matamoros

I have enough French to get the gist of the text at left

A wonderfully hand-written title at bottom describes it for just what it is: The Eagle Balloon and Flags

Elegant Antique Black with Gold Stars Lacquer Tea Box (with Silvered Interior) green snake fat balls barely contained byA super sharp and smart looking antique lacquered box, feeling like a night sky filled with tiny golden stars. I believe this was made to function as a tea box, but whether made in Japan or in Europe I am not completely sure, late 19th early 20th I believe. Makes me think of fine Chinese export porcelain very delicately hand painted with gold stars and flourishes, and feels like just the right sort of box to place on the bedside table in a guest room