Alert and Poised to Pounce, with Twitching Ear, Folk Carving Of Black and Brown Dog ink and pencil also make me want to

also make me want to closely study every plant I pass--though better to resist pulling them all up to study the roots

were often made as love tokens to be gifted upon return

but this one I like for the back of the card as well as the front

5 1/4" in diameter x 3 3/8" tall and to my eye beautifully aged

where are of the 1860 census his profession was as a butcher

Alert and Poised to Pounce, with Twitching Ear, Folk Carving Of Black and Brown Dog ink and pencil also make me want toThis carved dog meant to be a Doberman I assume, though the shape of the head is a bit off came out of the same collection as the antique clothes pin shaped doll and small carved pine figure also listed today a collection of folk objects carefully and thoughtfully built by a couple in Michigan over many years with tastes aligning very much with my own. I purchased them from an Ohio based dealer at the Rhinebeck show, and would have scooped up