SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs making an ancient looking creature

making an ancient looking creature appear all the more so

as I could not stop myself

It measures 4 1/4" tall with a diameter of 7" across at top and 3 1/2" at base

1930s I believe

SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs making an ancient looking creatureThough 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