SOLD 1895 Gold Painted Carved Whimsy with Letters, Numbers and More, On Stilts! antique school notebook Post facto someone has made

Post facto someone has made a note on the underside: "By artist who designed Indian US stamp

this one more the latter

and passed them by the first time I saw them

eat corned beef and cabbage and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by his formidable

which hold the legs in place

SOLD 1895 Gold Painted Carved Whimsy with Letters, Numbers and More, On Stilts! antique school notebook Post facto someone has madeEvery inch of this carved whimsy is covered with letters, stars, the year 1895, and more. I believe they all together likely tell a story about the person who carved it, the letters not just being monograms but also speaking to where they were born or lived or were educated, etc. The number 60 appears, too, perhaps indicating the age of the carver or, it is possible that whole thing commemorates the life of someone who has passed, as I believe was