Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy Victorian watercolor painting if not actual execution

if not actual execution

and for good reason

but what a dramatic moment to capture

4" wide x 6

but I am glad that they are

Giant Four Balls in Cage Carved Wooden Whimsy Victorian watercolor painting if not actual executionThis huge old whimsy is about the size of a rolling pin, and with its big knobs on either end, it really rather feels like one! I've been liking, and happily finding, some larger scale whimsies of late, which feel more like tabletop sculptures than little carvings, as this one does. This one definitely has a good amount of age, and I'd bet was used by a few generations of kids as a rattle (or bat!). There is one well done old repair at one corner that