Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair wooden mold with copper shield and woolen

with copper shield and woolen tunic

and then there is the child next to a totem pole

rendered in wonderfully bright colors and patterns and

Whatever the case

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Syroco Ornawood Vintage Collie and Shepherd Dog Portrait Wall Plaques - A Pair wooden mold with copper shield and woolenIm pretty taken with these Syroco (Syracuse Ornamental Company) Ornawood (made from wood pulp) wall plaques, one a Collie and the other a German Shepherd. From what I understand, Syroco was founded in 1890 in Syracuse, New York, and was the first company to produce decorative molded wood pulp products with a hand carved look. These two I believe date from the 1930s or 40s, and I think it is the degree to which they take themselves seriously as