SOLD Beautiful, Unusual Antique Treen Powder Flask with Lovingly Carved Decoration antique needlepoint patch Naive in manner

Naive in manner

it's an old stair baluster into which little faces were carved on both sides of one end

I also love the flurry of feathers on the bird

with an end cap to keep them safe

general wear and age

SOLD Beautiful, Unusual Antique Treen Powder Flask with Lovingly Carved Decoration antique needlepoint patch Naive in mannerI watched this online for a couple of days before purchasing it but kept thinking about it in the interim, and I remain fairly obsessed with it now. A very elegant, graceful form, carved of very beautiful wood that looks like burl and is a rich honey color (detail photos of the wood give a sense), with very lovingly relief carving of a leafy vine along the top ridge, almost evoking a spine, which then branches to encircle the neck, as if wrapping