Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box handmade ceramic fish and then the white patterning

and then the white patterning around the border detailed with gold and pinkish red

which its owner (a Boston based gallerist) kindly mended

The box measures 2" long x 1

Move the lever at the far end up and down to get it going

Surely there are a million things beyond pounding lead it might be employed to do--or just hang it on the wall

Dark Green Vintage Metal Mesh Live Bait Cage Box handmade ceramic fish and then the white patterningI 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