Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter A little digging reveals that

A little digging reveals that "Fireside Studios"--the maker of these "practice boards--was a division of Fireside Industries

I can never keep sets of these in stock for long

My guess is that it is French or English

and the date of 1912 in another

(Seems not a bad thing to have an extra pair of all seeing eyes around

Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter A little digging reveals thatThis striking, wonderfully done carved wooden elephant makes me think of the wonders of visiting both the Natural History Museum and the circus as a child; though of tabletop scale, it feels grand in presence, and rather majestic, conveying a sense of the massive gravitas of the elephant! Perfect matte gray paint, only interrupted by the whites of the eyes and tusks (and a bit of red at the mouth) and then just the right green for the base, which