19th C. Carved Wood Dog Head Cane Top with Beautiful Patina in vintage pottery platter "2-2 1/2" measures 10 5/8"

"2-2 1/2" measures 10 5/8" t x 3 3/4" w x 1/2" d

and what a powerful mass of hair

In addition to those striped embroidered eyes

(Making this feel like a fairly progressive Reward of Merit

making for little surprises

19th C. Carved Wood Dog Head Cane Top with Beautiful Patina in vintage pottery platter "2-2 1/2" measures 10 5/8"This wonderful thing is a hand carved wooden cane handle, beautifully detailed and worn smooth by the hand of one or numerous users and I like to imagine this dog has traveled far and wide, The form suggests a double face, one pointing up and the other down in the opposite direction (and as if with two tusks) but the latter is not detailed, and so perhaps it was carved just following the form of the wood, with two roots retained, which made for a good