Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button antique carved animals Finding these old shop class

Finding these old shop class project drawings brought back all those memories

though--I'm guessing done just as a practice sampler of sorts

and the taper of the body to two crossed tail feathers add up to making it feel quite sensitively and elegantly done

just the sort of irregularity that adds to my love of these sorts of pieces

with its original pair of design cards inside

Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button antique carved animals Finding these old shop classI don't typically buy and sell buttons, but I found this one a month or two in a shop from which I was also buying some extraordinary early embroidered trim, and just liked it perhaps especially for the fable of the fox and crow it illustrates: a warning against being vulnerable to flattery, which seems particularly relevant these days and especially apt communicated via a shiny object! Maybe the perfect if not so subtle gift for one's dear but too