Set of Three Old Folk Art Carved Books, One Stone + Two Wood hook tool Sight: 4 3/16" x 4

Sight: 4 3/16" x 4 1/2"

Wonderfully carved long ears and stub tail

with the quality of a very fine scherenschnitte cut paper silhouette

this piece was purchased at an estate sale that included an excellent collection of 20th century ceramics from Japan

Set of Three Old Folk Art Carved Books, One Stone + Two Wood hook tool Sight: 4 3/16" x 4In the span of a week I found a series of five carved marble and wooden books two large ones, posted last week, and then these three small ones, which I think are quite nice to together so am listings as a set. The olive and brown stone of the marble one is really beautiful, and I especially love the gilding to the "pages" of the larger wood one. (And the three carved bands on the spines of both of those make them especially nice together.) I do