Beautifully Carved 30 Inch Wooden Whimsy Chain handmade articulated figures It features pretty incised detailing

It features pretty incised detailing around the perimeter of the top

The sides of the basket are finished with two large circular ash ring handles which are bound with ash splints

The lid attaches via wire loops that fit over wire hooks on the back

despite glue oozing out here and there in what was surely a tremendously tedious and frustrating process

and Murray Silverstein with Max Jacobson

Beautifully Carved 30 Inch Wooden Whimsy Chain handmade articulated figures It features pretty incised detailingOf late, I've been looking at a lot of whimsy chains carved from one piece of wood, and though there are others fancier, this is one of the loveliest I've seen stretching just over thirty inches long and terminating in an elegant ball in cage with a perfectly pointy tip. I believe this carving has some age to it, with a varnish finish giving it a bit of sheen, and would I think be especially great hung from one nail on on the wall, straight down like