Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle unusual sewing box This basket is pretty sturdy

This basket is pretty sturdy and could still be put to use gathering this or that

I assume this young baseball player in pin striped uniform and cap is none other than Arthur Robert himself

Sold as a pair

There is light wear visible around the lip in the form of some very tiny stains and perhaps a few very tiny nicks (noticeable only upon very close inspection)

I have not touched the copper insert but imagine it would polish up if desired

Ornate Japanese Kanzashi Hair Pin with Koi Fish and Beetle unusual sewing box This basket is pretty sturdyThis old hair ornament is amazing! I had thought it was Chinese, as I found others it closely resembles attributed as such, but now I'm pretty confident it is Japanese, where it called a Kanzashi, and dates to the early 20th century. I am completely enchanted by its intricate nest of forms, among which I spot a koi fish, a beetle, a butterfly, and various leaf and flower forms, and then an iridescent round bead, and a sculptural piece of what I think