Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs clothes brushes made of ground mineral compounds

made of ground mineral compounds and flux

Very early 20th century I'd think

Very good condition and marked on the bottom with a salamander and the word "original"

as a planter for a narcissus or amaryllis

Lovely Hand-painted Japanese Treen Nesting Eggs clothes brushes made of ground mineral compoundsThe kin of these Japanese nesting eggs are the treen apples one sees around from time to time housing a spinning horse race game inside. These are a bit rarer from what I can tell, c. 1920s 40s I believe, with each of the eggs but for the largest one hand decorated, I would guess while they were spinning around on a lathe. This set yields five complete eggs, which hold together snugly, and then there are four more unmatched halves that fit neatly