Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) fine whimsy one just needs to slide

one just needs to slide them a hair one way to remove them

which is screwed into the base

I've seen a number of folk art turtle stools in this manner

6 1/4"  x 4 1/4" each

Box: 10 7/8 x 5 1/4 x3 13/13

Nicely Crafted, Old Metal Grasshopper (Japanese Okimono?) fine whimsy one just needs to slideIt seems to me likely that this grasshopper is Japanese, made in the tradition of "Okimono" insects crafted by makers of Samurai armour and given as tokens of good luck. (One photo example included very similarly crafted to this one.) Whatever the case, nicely done, and clearly with a good bit of age to it and of course grasshoppers as the luckiest insects of all, representing good fortune as well as happiness and joy. 3 5 8" l x 1 1 16" t x 7 8" w