Skull, Links, Compass, Flag, All Seeing Eye: Pair of Linked Locks Odd Fellows + Masonic Whimsy large painted basket with some loss/cracking of paint

with some loss/cracking of paint on the face

Pretty carved detailing around the perimeter of the tight fitting slide lid on this one

I have a hard time passing by a pretty lacquer box

I have seen a few other copies and the fabric is different on each

even more so for those soldered on horns--but he's really quite wonderfully done

Skull, Links, Compass, Flag, All Seeing Eye: Pair of Linked Locks Odd Fellows + Masonic Whimsy large painted basket with some loss/cracking of paintA fun whimsy for an Odd Fellow, of a Freemason, or better yet both, with three links (FLT) on one lock, below a skull and cross, I believe identifying it specifically as Odd Fellows, while the square and compass on the other identifies it as Masonic. (It was not at all uncommon for men to belong to both, as was surely the case here.) Plus an all seeing eye with very fluttery eyelashes, and an American flag too. And with the carved locks themselves