Sweet Old Wooden Crocodile Chinese dog " with a little checkmark

" with a little checkmark over his misplaced "D

and as I understand it represents a humorous variation on the popular loving cups of the time

There is a label glued to the bottom of one indicating that it is based on the 1863 C

but looks great and really a fun one

A tear and fold at the bottom left corner and a little wear along the bottom edge but overall good condition

Sweet Old Wooden Crocodile Chinese dog " with a little checkmarkI believe this super sweet old hand crafted wooden crocodile once had a string that led him along; now, while his legs all move independently, he's really best just set somewhere his legs slide more than walk if trying to push him along by the tail. No real matter I think as he's a great looking shelf sitter, with terrific yellow button eyes popping against the green paint, and best of all fabulous zig zag of red paint giving jaws to his big open