Box of Antique Hand-carved Miniature Columns/Balustrades (For Dollhouse that Never Was?) baby blue I like the contemplativeness of

I like the contemplativeness of this carved bas relief portrait

though once you've held this in your hand it may be fairly hard to part with

A wonderfully crisp

but spine and pages in pretty good shape

Box measures 6 1/2” x 5” x 1 5/8” and is in very good condition

Box of Antique Hand-carved Miniature Columns/Balustrades (For Dollhouse that Never Was?) baby blue I like the contemplativeness ofI presume these were made as columns or balustrades for a large and elaborate dollhouse or architectural model of some sort, but appear never to have been put to use, and they feel now rather like antique building blocks with which might might construct all sorts of different things. There were clearly made by hand, with plenty of variation among them and graphite cut marks still on them, and surely have 100 years on them at least. 34 of them total,