SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York but it could be coopted

but it could be coopted to serve as a weekly or monthly tallying device for all sorts of things (i

structurally super solid and stable

reads: "Genuine Oil Painting executed at the Fair in less than three minutes by our celebrated Lightning Artist in the same manner in which he paints them on our machines"

as is the case now

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York but it could be cooptedThe manner of this carving looks Black Forest to me, and the subject of it, too. This wolf clenches a gold ring in its mouth which I think maybe relates to Norse mythology. Though carved of wood, the form also evinces that of a stirrup cup, used on a hunt. I like it set tabletop just as pictured, emphasizing the prize like nature of the ring, but a string or wire could also be strung through a couple of the carved holes along the base to hang it flush