Wonderful Carved Dog With Eight Erect Nipples! blue purple matte glazed bowl or maybe just a general

or maybe just a general token of love--wonderful down to every detail

secured with a mish mosh of hand-forged iron nails

with an old iron nail on either side

It appears to be fairly newly matted and put in a beautiful antique solid wood frame with finger jointed corners

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Wonderful Carved Dog With Eight Erect Nipples! blue purple matte glazed bowl or maybe just a general(First image a composite, showing two views!) Such a fun one, which almost feels as if carved in honor of this pup's passage into womanhood and maybe specifically in celebration of impending motherhood! I'm not sure, but don't think I've ever seen a carving of a dog with such carefully carved nipples before. And quite a charmer of a carving this one. 7 1 2" x 1 5 8" x 2 5 8" t. Very good condition, c. mid 20th century. Not a whole lot of detail to the