Solitary Unicorn and Floating Cross, Old Much Marked and Scrubbed Wooden School Desk Surface wooden animal sculpture I purchased it from a

I purchased it from a dealer in my neck of the woods

so a velvet covered top was added as a replacement to protect them Personally though

I believe these date to the 1960s or so

His work has been widely exhibited and features in museum collections including that of the Portland Art Museum

Rockwell (1885-1979) from Roaring Branch

Solitary Unicorn and Floating Cross, Old Much Marked and Scrubbed Wooden School Desk Surface wooden animal sculpture I purchased it from aIt's the unicorn carved into the surface of this old school desk top that really won me maybe drawn as a horse and acquiring a single horn along the way! And it and feels like a persistent and resilient presence refusing to be erased, even as the rest of the surface looks to have been scrubbed down hard again and again. Some enduring loves (S. L + L. R., etc. too) and this cross or plus sign that feels like the unicorn's personal guiding star! I think