Mid-Century Brass Ruled Letter Opener figure made of walnuts same base design

same base design

Best of all are Skeaping's graceful diagrams and beautiful full fledged drawings

With its big starry bright eye and perky tail feathers

I believe this old grain scoop

Mid-Century Brass Ruled Letter Opener figure made of walnuts same base designI really love this. With it's great design and substantial weight (this is just a terrific object to hold in your hand), it feels lot like a Carl Aubck piece and he did a number of letter openers, including I believe a ruled one but there is no mark anywhere on this that I can find. Clearly, it is intended as a letter opener, and looks just great sitting on the desk, with a handy six inch ruler on the back. I do wonder if it was designed as a tool to