Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) ornate spoon but there is a pad

but there is a pad covering its base that I have not removed

11 3/8 l x 6 3/8” t x 1” d

I love the androgynousness of the young subject in this daguerreotype

completely filled with a spectrum of variously sized and shaped pen nibs

bearded fellow is Canadian

Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) ornate spoon but there is a padThis! One of two leopards today, which alone mean it was a good week. And quite a singular thing this one, made of a piece of root wood, lending it this wonderfully snaking and twisting body. Something appears to have gnawed a bit at its snout at some point, resulting in some loss and roughness there, and the end of one leg shows a little loss too but what remains is so good and so full of life I don't much care! Terrific old paint, black spots