Poignant Old Carving of Miner with Pick Axe whimsy knot with perhaps his butler in

with perhaps his butler in the background

he's quite wonderfully done I think and definitely quite old

leaving it ready for a painter to put to work again

And on the top of the box lid is the "Celluloid" trade mark

with one tiny chip in the glaze on the back of the bird's neck

Poignant Old Carving of Miner with Pick Axe whimsy knot with perhaps his butler inI find this a pretty poignant carving, embodying a sense of honest labor both in terms of the subject and the manner of the carving, and drawing a bit of a parallel between the miner with his pick axe and the carver with his chisel, at least in my mind. It looks to me that he has a headlight on his hat, and then this stoic face with straight mouth and bulbous nose, looking as if he has been hard at work for many many years, and, sleeves rolled up, is