Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle Canton porcelain box and then the point at

and then the point at which the surface of the liquid touches the stem of the hydrometer gives a measure of its relative density

I've learned that an exact match was made as an umpire's ball and strike keeper--which has become quite the collectible because it allowed for a count of five balls and four strikes

considering the precarious perch where I found it

and indeed

They are stamped Philippines on the bottom

Burmese Yun-De Round Lacquer Box with Handle Canton porcelain box and then the point atThis is a lovely small Burmese lacquer box decorated with yun de incised decoration, painstakingly executed by hand, one color at a time. The design features what I believe are guardian lions ("chinthe"; the equivalent to "foo dogs" in Chinese culture) repeating around the perimeter of both top and bottom halves of the box. The solid orange red lacquer handle at the center of the top makes this box particularly nice, with a circle of fine lines around