Carved Swan Chair Arms, A Pair thinking man shaped like a poppy pod

shaped like a poppy pod

I believe these date to the Civil War era

and still totally usable) that fits neatly inside

Featured in the fifth edition of Ceramics: A Potter’s Handbook by Glenn C

which is about as perfect a thing as I can imagine

Carved Swan Chair Arms, A Pair thinking man shaped like a poppy podI found these hanging side by side on a wall and they just struck me as beautiful things to display that way the long necks of the swans together forming an upside down heart with front sides facing. These were once the arms of a chair, and a fun chair it must have been. I am pretty certain they were hard carved, as there is variation among the faces, and a little surface roughness on the inside of the curves of the necks. My photos of these are not