Complementary Pair of Antique Turned Croquet Posts in Original Paint - 25 Inches gold cigar ribbons The nose and horns are

The nose and horns are carved from separate pieces of wood and have been inserted like plugs

likely 1900s-20s

in the powder room

Titled “Landscape

Complementary Pair of Antique Turned Croquet Posts in Original Paint - 25 Inches gold cigar ribbons The nose and horns areI'd long been admiring both the forms and color on early croquet posts, and then found two pairs in quick succession, this the second of them. Clearly these do not match, but I'm pretty sure come from the same set, as the colored bands on each (one spool like the other ribbed) are very close, and follow the same order, making them to my eye and ideal duo. The only thing missing is a base for display (one sometime sees stands composed of a couple of