Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer Robitaille is first and foremost

Robitaille is first and foremost a bird carver--shorebirds

) The black numbers against the old creamy white paint are to my eye pure gorgeousness

likely from an old model train set

This wonderful carved wooden doll would once have been clothed in fur and leather

works great as a base for stacking blocks on top of though

Old Brass Double-sided "47" Livestock Ear Tag arm and hammer Robitaille is first and foremostThis would most likely once have flagged the ear of a cow or bull as an identifier. Certainly there are many of these around, but it's the wide and irregular shape of this one, and the weight of the brass, and the hand written quality of the impressed numbers, especially, that does it for me. Plus, strung on a chain as a pendant, it would seem a very good present for a dear one turning 47 or for someone long past 47, forever young! 1 7 8" w x 2 1 8"