Five Interlocking Rings, Satisfying Old Hand Carved Whimsy sequential drawings I'd guess they are meant

I'd guess they are meant to be cats or tigers (with the natural grain of the shells giving them black stripes)

and with a bit off a bow to the platform

It would not be at all difficult to cleanly remove pages to frame

with very few if any losses at all

Such juicy red hand-painted lettering on this one

Five Interlocking Rings, Satisfying Old Hand Carved Whimsy sequential drawings I'd guess they are meantThe not quite roundness of the interlocking rings here, each uniquely irregular, is what makes this whimsy for me the hand and humanity of its carver feeling very present. An easy sort of whimsy to overlook, but for me at least really quite a satisfying thing, and and a nice fiddle toy of sorts too to have sitting around, too. Each ring about 1 3 4" d; overall variable, approx 2 1 2" x 2 1 2". Very good condition, with some nice age to it, I'd guess