SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York structurally super solid and stable

structurally super solid and stable

as if McFalls had fallen off the map

"And never was piping so sad

reads: "Genuine Oil Painting executed at the Fair in less than three minutes by our celebrated Lightning Artist in the same manner in which he paints them on our machines"

with another partial drawing on the reverse which does not show through

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York structurally super solid and stableThe manner of this carving looks Black Forest to me, and the subject of it, too. This wolf clenches a gold ring in its mouth which I think maybe relates to Norse mythology. Though carved of wood, the form also evinces that of a stirrup cup, used on a hunt. I like it set tabletop just as pictured, emphasizing the prize like nature of the ring, but a string or wire could also be strung through a couple of the carved holes along the base to hang it flush