19th C. Carved Wood Dog Head Cane Top with Beautiful Patina in antique tornado photo and this is a fantastic

and this is a fantastic one

which I believe is vintage and printed on a grainy matte photo paper

2 1/4" tall and deep

and intonation as character indicators

19th C. Carved Wood Dog Head Cane Top with Beautiful Patina in antique tornado photo and this is a fantasticThis wonderful thing is a hand carved wooden cane handle, beautifully detailed and worn smooth by the hand of one or numerous users and I like to imagine this dog has traveled far and wide, The form suggests a double face, one pointing up and the other down in the opposite direction (and as if with two tusks) but the latter is not detailed, and so perhaps it was carved just following the form of the wood, with two roots retained, which made for a good