SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York I'm always happy to find

I'm always happy to find objects

These were all handmade

structurally super solid and stable

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

dominoes were once a thing (I've seen sets ranging from c

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest New York I'm always happy to findThe 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