Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit this great old steel and

this great old steel and brass D

with a few small scrapes to the orange lacquer on the exterior and one crack to the black lacquer at the edge of one interior tray (see detailed photos)

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1 1/16" across at base

Sweet Little Antique Carved Acorn Finial in Gold and Black travel kit this great old steel andI'm not sure what this smallish carved acorn finial once topped, but I love it just as a sculptural little carving, all the better for the old gold and black paint on it. Found in New Hampshire, I believe it is American, and I'd guess late 19th c. The recess at the very center of the top does not appear to be a hole, just a recess, but it does seem to invite piercing it should one wish to, say, fly a little flag on top. 4" t x 2" wide and deep and in