Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float gull it makes perfect sense that

it makes perfect sense that this should assume the form of a dog

and I think it's good from 360 degrees

quite a special and unusual thing

I'd love to know the backstory

3 3/4" l x approx 2 1/4" in diameter

Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float gull it makes perfect sense thatI'm a sucker for beautiful fishing floats, which I find super satisfying objects, in terms of both painted surface and form (plus they're easy to hang!) and this is among the most beautiful I've seen. Wonderfully (and to my eye very lovingly) painted yellow bands over the red on the stem at both ends as well as on the cork body of the float, and then this beautifully carved ring bead near the end, red with a yellow stripes around the perimeter. Really