Nice Old Relief Carved Folk Art Ship (formerly a bookend) tubular vase fantastically sculpted with long

fantastically sculpted with long

all the better in person

as the forms surrounding them sure suggest ship wheels to me

I'm inclined to scoop then up whenever I can

Tiles measure 2" x 1" x 5/16"

Nice Old Relief Carved Folk Art Ship (formerly a bookend) tubular vase fantastically sculpted with longThis carving was once the face of a bookend, but the bottom of the brass bookend attachment had been covered in felt that had gotten pretty rough, so I extricated it and it stands now on its own. I spent a few long days over the holidays going through old boxes in the basement where i had stashed inventory years ago from a little space i had in a shop nearby when i was just starting out in this business this is one of just a couple things I felt