Antique Carved Whimsy Chain with Ball in Round Cage, Interlocking Parts, Rich Patina match safe boot I'm happy when I find

I'm happy when I find things accompanied by some specific information about them (how rare

I would guess the former the name of the subject

and which arrive to us now like gifts from the past

but I just sort of fell in love with this little tin one

just a bit of minor staining/toning to the green ground toward the right edge

Antique Carved Whimsy Chain with Ball in Round Cage, Interlocking Parts, Rich Patina match safe boot I'm happy when I findYou know I am always on the hunt for whimsies, but haven't found a whimsy chain in quite a while this one of two today, nice old ones, found together, each carved from one piece of wood. I can never quite wrap my head around how one could carve one of these, and especially one such as this with the central ball in cage, and the links to which it is connected, all rotating 360 degrees, as do the terminal pieces of the chain. I'm not sure if there were