Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair handwoven It measures 4 3/8" tall

It measures 4 3/8" tall with the lid on and 2" in diameter

and the betel box was an important object

a lot of them actually made by women in internment camps during WWII

high-gloss Japanese Natsume--or tea caddy--is not an antique

There is some wear to the lacquer around the rims on the top and bottom of the box

Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair handwoven It measures 4 3/8" tallIm pretty taken with these Syroco (Syracuse Ornamental Company) Ornawood (made from wood pulp) wall plaques, one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd. From what I understand, Syroco was founded in 1890 in Syracuse, New York, and was the first company to produce decorative molded wood pulp products with a hand carved look. These two I believe date from the 1930s or 40s, and I think it is the degree to which they take themselves seriously as