Wonderful, Curious, Finely Carved Carved Partial Face on Wooden Print Block Flip Side, Dog on Reverse antique action figure which is divided into sections

which is divided into sections to separate each size of comb

6 5/8" w x 5 3/8" d x 7 1/4" t and heavy for its size

I think the self-referential pen and ink drawing on this antique French postcard is pretty fabulous

Somehow it keeps making me think of Frank Lloyd Wright--maybe it’s the falling water

And useful too

Wonderful, Curious, Finely Carved Carved Partial Face on Wooden Print Block Flip Side, Dog on Reverse antique action figure which is divided into sectionsA very curious little thing, and one of my very favorite recent finds. Seems to me the side with the hunting dog came first, made as a print block, but then someone decided to carve this face of a child (with marvelous collar!) into the wood on the reverse side not to be printed, but just as a carving. A quite a skillful carver they were, so beautifully done, with the face looking perhaps Native American, or Inuit, to me. A bit mysterious feeling, and