Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! lacquer box with scholars and indeed these paintings always

and indeed these paintings always feel a bit like momento mori

and the whole trivet has been varnished giving it a great shine--really a great little piece

I'm a huge fan of Northwest Coast native baskets

which appears to read Parker and Wood on front and perhaps a note about location on the back

date to the 1880s or so

Antique Architectural Ornament Mold: Bat-like Curve! lacquer box with scholars and indeed these paintings alwaysI see a lot of old wooden industrial molds but only occasionally do I across across ones like this, filled with a pitch wood resin mold material, and used for casting ornaments for architecture, molding and picture frames. This is the smallest of several I'm listing, which photographs don't quite do justice (I've shot it a couple of different light situations to try to give a sense) the mold itself has a really visceral presence, feeling like a cross