Large Carved and Painted Penguins - A Couple antler but not another like this

but not another like this older one by an unknown maker

I bought this piece

where I believe he still lives and displays his carvings in a gallery at his house

I can't imagine that it didn't earn them an A++

I fell in love with antique clay marbles through finding a bag at my local flea market last summer

Large Carved and Painted Penguins - A Couple antler but not another like thisI thought about selling these two individually, but as I photographed them realized they really are a couple (he's taller, she's wider) so thought best to keep them together, including for the fact that they're plenty large and heavy to function as bookends (or doorstops for that matter; they're 2+ lbs each.) I purchased them from a seller who found them at an estate sale in Alabama but don't know who made them; they're carved of solid wood, thickly