Vintage Film Noir-esque Etching, Man Smoking iron doorstop These Japanese hand-carved cedar (Cryptomeria)

These Japanese hand-carved cedar (Cryptomeria) horny toads are pretty amazing for the manner in which their carved forms brilliantly correspond to the patterns of the  wood grain

This is much heavier and more solid than a tramp box constructed of cigar box pine

finely executed watercolors of floral specimens I am listing by a May Elizabeth Green--very delicately done

I have not attempted to polish it but it would probably shine up some if desired

upper left

Vintage Film Noir-esque Etching, Man Smoking iron doorstop These Japanese hand-carved cedar (Cryptomeria)I've been watching Ripley, so beautifully shot in black in white (on the Amalfi Coast, Rome, Venice, etc) in a very film noir sort of way, which immediately came to mind when I came across this etching. Looks like a plotting protagonist smoking in the shadows of an Italian stairwell to me! 8 3 4 x 11 1 8, etching on heavy paper, and in excellent condition. Signed Trish Grady on reverse.