Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box dome lid perhaps closing up a third

perhaps closing up a third hole (

I've found souvenir pennies matching this one from everyone from Niagara Falls to the New York World Fair

complete with eyebrows at the rounded end

as is one does not notice it has come loose unless carefully inspecting it)

who seems wonderfully gentle and composed as she goes about her work all the while

Black and Gold Lacquer Antique Chinoiserie String Holder Box dome lid perhaps closing up a thirdI've found a very close match of this lovely small lacquer string holder that describes it (with some authority) as English Victorian era Chinoiserie, late 19th or very early 20th century. Made of lacquered papier mache, it features wonderful gold toned decoration, different on all sides, depicting figures engaged in a variety of scenes, including one figure smoking from a pipe, another holding a fan, another reading, and another who appears to be