SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest 19th c theorem watercolor the other unpainted

the other unpainted

like patterns for a textile

intent on teaching French vocabulary to her children--makes me very happy

big round painted eye with sculpted nose between them

and especially that ear and nicely detailed feathers

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest 19th c theorem watercolor the other unpaintedThe manner of this carving looks Black Forest to me, and the subject of it, too. This wolf clenches a gold ring in its mouth which I think maybe relates to Norse mythology. Though carved of wood, the form also evinces that of a stirrup cup, used on a hunt. I like it set tabletop just as pictured, emphasizing the prize like nature of the ring, but a string or wire could also be strung through a couple of the carved holes along the base to hang it flush