SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs My guess is this was

My guess is this was done by a factory worker as a sort of whimsy

1930s I believe

I just picked up six of these brilliantly colorful pattern paintings on lightweight board and think they are just gorgeous

as I could not stop myself

making an ancient looking creature appear all the more so

SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs My guess is this wasThough not always my cup of tea, the skillfulness of Black Forest carving is hard to deny which this snuff box scale carved and hinged box exemplifies and this one is very much indeed my cup of tea! I'm thinking it is a wolf though not far off in visage to wild boars and also bears in the Black Forest manner and inexplicably more finally carved on one side than the other (which I suppose could mean it represents two different creatures, but I'm not