SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest 19th c theorem watercolor 11 1/2" x 9" in

11 1/2" x 9" in very good condition

the other unpainted

the more the fields of things attracting me grows

big round painted eye with sculpted nose between them

and the Tel Aviv Museum

SOLD Wolf Clenching Gold Ring, Old Carving Presumed Black Forest 19th c theorem watercolor 11 1/2" x 9" inThe manner of this carving looks Black Forest to me, and the subject of it, too. This wolf clenches a gold ring in its mouth which I think maybe relates to Norse mythology. Though carved of wood, the form also evinces that of a stirrup cup, used on a hunt. I like it set tabletop just as pictured, emphasizing the prize like nature of the ring, but a string or wire could also be strung through a couple of the carved holes along the base to hang it flush