Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! antique wire work There's not a chip or

There's not a chip or crack on it that I can see

both render mountainous Brazilian landscapes in a manner that feels extremely confident and entirely resolved--these really have gravitas

flushed faces

it screws closed easily and stays tight

Crazy Carved Wooden Canister with Six Figures and Head on Top! antique wire work There's not a chip orTotally wacky, but pretty fun, and whoever made this certainly had a vision which they exerted a lot of time and effort to carry all the way through. I might guess this vessel was made to hold tobacco, perhaps in a tin that fit inside? I'm not entirely certain the identities of the historic, international cast of characters carved in relief around the faceted perimeter, or the identity of the head on top, but I do believe George Washington and John