Beautiful Old Dark Wood Continuous Carved Whimsy Chain Dhorka bronze box at near left

at near left

but with its mechanics no longer operating

and then straight to the table for serving

certainly a lovingly made

still usable old art supplies

Beautiful Old Dark Wood Continuous Carved Whimsy Chain Dhorka bronze box at near leftI have a hard time wrapping my head around how one would carve a chain from one piece of wood, let alone a chain with no ends, but this carver clearly had some skills, and here one is! I believe this is quite an old one, made of walnut I believe, and it was really beautifully carved, with a slightly squarish shape to the rings, and then one extra at the terminus, just after the ends come together, which makes the perfect loop to hang it from. 12 5 8"