Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) canivet card with a nice red velvet-covered

with a nice red velvet-covered writing slope inside

Clearly it is the most tender

with the lack of indices (numbers) and the square corners dating these to the 19th century for sure

There is loss to the brass finish in a few spots--on one side of his tiny head and a couple of spots on the tail (shot at magnification)

Good from every angle and really nice as part of a grouping with a few other linear sorts of things

Fabulous Old Painted Root Wood Leopard! (With Gnawed At Nose) canivet card with a nice red velvet-coveredThis! One of two leopards today, which alone mean it was a good week. And quite a singular thing this one, made of a piece of root wood, lending it this wonderfully snaking and twisting body. Something appears to have gnawed a bit at its snout at some point, resulting in some loss and roughness there, and the end of one leg shows a little loss too but what remains is so good and so full of life I don't much care! Terrific old paint, black spots