SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press puzzle blocks a pretty satisfying object

a pretty satisfying object

with Cincinatti

but the sides are still pretty shiny and its got many years of use in it yet

This charmer

Country Clare

SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press puzzle blocks a pretty satisfying objectI don't know the story behind this guy and can't find his likeness out there; he looks to me like the one off creation of a skilled metalsmith, quite nicely done. He punches down when pressed, with enough force to cut through something of substance (and the edges of his raised features are sharp), so I am more inclined to think made for cutting leather or perhaps some type of clay or composition material than pressing into soft dough. Whatever the