Antique Red Clay PRAY Brick, Robert E. Pray and Co., Greenfield MA carved skull letter opener I'd probably put it on

I'd probably put it on the desk to use it as a paperweight

what a lot of effort went into this one--to the point of obsessiveness I'd say

but have not found any citations of a Boxworks

and the white picket fence behind him suggests the domestic

Antique Red Clay PRAY Brick, Robert E. Pray and Co., Greenfield MA carved skull letter opener I'd probably put it onThis PRAY brick is the companion piece (in my mind) to the plaster Lady Victory mold I am posting today! These bricks were produced by Robert E. Pray and Co. of Greenfield, MA, founded in the 1840s and I believe in operation into the 1920s or so, with this red clay brick dating the late 19th early 20th c. I think. An excellent found object I'd say, with terrific font for the lettering, too, and which I like all the better for all of its irregularities