Happier Little Spotted Dog Wooden Folk Art Doorstop pot holder with all of the legs

with all of the legs (and ears

enduring design problems--or "patterns" (of which they identify 253)--and ways of approaching/solving them distilled from functionally and experientially rewarding places

The game is played by removing the blank square and mixing up the other numbered squares

seems to have been finished with a light shellac or varish

I believe this tiny one is carved of boxwood

Happier Little Spotted Dog Wooden Folk Art Doorstop pot holder with all of the legsFound on the same day as the unhappy dog doorstop I just listed, this guy, captured mid step, seems rather more cheerful. He's just a little thing, not especially poised to hold open a heavy door, though the doorstop piece is longer and more substantial than he is! 5" w x 3" t x 6 5 8" d and in very good, very sturdy vintage condition.