Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish nail loom huge vintage mid-century West German

huge vintage mid-century West German Scheurich Keramik vase

hatted figures--two in profile on the left panel

The palette

Good antique condition

I love the look of this old wooden peg game

Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish nail loom huge vintage mid-century West GermanOh my! I love little carved peach pit baskets, but they certainly pale in comparison to this fantastic tiny family of creatures carved from walnut shells! I'd guess they are meant to be cats or tigers (with the natural grain of the shells giving them black stripes), with these terrific pointed ears, red painted mouths, and long arching tails, which function like handles on their backs! Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into, with an