Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove crayon but I think likely they

but I think likely they were part of a model railroad

one end of which one would put under one's foot while holding the other straight up

giving a bit of a sense of moody weather while perfectly setting off this wonderfully carved and painted dog

barely visible

10 3/8" tall when lifted

Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove crayon but I think likely theyI had at first taken this as an eagle, but I am now thinking it must be a dove, looking quite beatific with its wide eyes, smallish beak, and most angelic wings, a symbol of peace and also the Holy Spirit. The examples most similar in manner I have found are 19th century French and French Canadian; this one I found it in an off the beaten path spot in Maine, so perhaps the latter. Based on the holes in its flat back I would think either the topper on