Carved Rosebud on Post Mexican folk art candelabra only enhanced by wear

only enhanced by wear

taught by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach

Light wear to dust jacket and edges of spine

or just hang it on the wall

and I think this is a real beauty

Carved Rosebud on Post Mexican folk art candelabra only enhanced by wearMaybe made as a finial of some sort, or maybe just a carved wooden valentine rosebud?! I just like it as an object, which could be used as a paperweight or stuck in a vessel, or just propped somewhere. Or gifted to one's everlasting love! I don't think it's terribly old but it definitely has some age. 7 7 8" l x 1" x 1". A little dryness roughness around one edge of the petal (which I'm only noticing in magnified photos) and a mark from an an old