Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box black lacquer still very vivid and just

still very vivid and just really wonderful

and knowing that it came from the estate of a very prolific artist makes it easy to imagine that the trusty set of tools inside have lived a very active life

One sees a fair number of old hand-painted (tole

the wood on the handle of one side reads "Real Ebony" and the other bears some text I cannot read followed by "France

I am pretty certain the silk itself measures 5"x7"

Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box black lacquer still very vivid and justI don't do much fishing, but I'm constantly struck by the beauty of old fishing gear, from lures to reels to old tackle boxes like this one. If not used for live bait, I might just fill it with paperclips and set it on the desk, or use the loops on the back (made for strapping to a belt) to hang it on the wall in the kitchen or bathroom filled with matches or bandaids or little objects or whatever. The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of