Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis lidded bowls Between the star-shaped face of

Between the star-shaped face of the larger

I have found a number of other Frye boxes online

but there is a date of 1877 carved into the back

The bone on one half is a bit darker/more orange in tone that the other

I'm not quite sure how it was intended to be used

Naive 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Horse and Bird Symbiosis lidded bowls Between the star-shaped face ofJust the sort of drawing that makes me love drawings so muchnot much fuss here, but such a perfectly true portrayal of symbiosis, with this duck or dove resting just perfectly in the cradle of the horses saddleand in return perhaps saving this horse from a heavier rider! To my eye, not one line more or less than there needs to be, just exactly right. C. 1880s; Ive found a birth record for Franklin David Rohr, to who it is attributed on the back of the