Hand-carved Mid-Century Wooden Swallow Wall Ornaments or Hair Combs- Set of Three playroom crownlike hat with long flaps

crownlike hat with long flaps

exuberant stubble

Darker blue and brown horizontal striations bring your eye up toward the lip and whatever bloom it might display

then covered with a pane of glass which both protects the design and renders it super functional

in which Punch (Punchinello) was the trickster figure or "lord of misrule"--which this puppet surely conveys

Hand-carved Mid-Century Wooden Swallow Wall Ornaments or Hair Combs- Set of Three playroom crownlike hat with long flapsThese three hand carved wooden swallows, dating from sometime between the 1940s and 60s, were once displayed as wall ornaments: I carefully peeled some old adhesive off of their backs, though traces of light green paint remain (just on the backsides). I have also found a few of these online described as hair combs or hair forks, and do think they would be truly fabulous for holding an updo in place! Beautifully made and with tiny beaded eyes, they'd