SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York with a terrific dark dry

with a terrific dark dry wood patina

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

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This little petit point on wool embroidery just makes me happy

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York with a terrific dark dryThe 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