Antique C1900 Japanese Wooden Clockwork Flytrap Machine Cage Haetori-Ki JK511 tray Item weight: 435 grams

Item weight: 435 grams

Packed weight: 318 grams

Kanji letters seem to be a female first name

5x 29 x 30 cm

Whisk (chasen) 11 cm long x 3

Antique C1900 Japanese Wooden Clockwork Flytrap Machine Cage Haetori-Ki JK511 tray Item weight: 435 gramsAntique Japanese Flytrap This is an antique Japanese fly and mosquito trap from the early 1900s. It operates by a key wound clockwork mechanism. To operate one would put a mixture of molasses and vinegar on the rotating barrel. As the barrel turns, the flies would be attracted to the sticky barrel. As the barrel would rotate, the flies would get scraped off and into the cage of the screen. This trap was manufactured by the Owari Tokei Kabushiki Kaisha