Poignant Old Carving of Miner with Pick Axe whimsy knot And on the top of

And on the top of the box lid is the "Celluloid" trade mark

4 5/8" across from inside of lip

he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old

with one tiny chip in the glaze on the back of the bird's neck

but it seems rather likely that he was a souvenir

Poignant Old Carving of Miner with Pick Axe whimsy knot And on the top ofI find this a pretty poignant carving, embodying a sense of honest labor both in terms of the subject and the manner of the carving, and drawing a bit of a parallel between the miner with his pick axe and the carver with his chisel, at least in my mind. It looks to me that he has a headlight on his hat, and then this stoic face with straight mouth and bulbous nose, looking as if he has been hard at work for many many years, and, sleeves rolled up, is