SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs I believe it dates to

I believe it dates to sometime between the late 20s and 1945

but the fantastic colors and design of this c

making an ancient looking creature appear all the more so

A wintery landscape

but this is quite an unusual one and one of my very favorites

SOLD Finely Carved Double Faced Black Forest Hinged Box wooden hair combs I believe it dates toThough 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