Hand-carved Wooden Magnifying Glass boy in blue shirt 8" long x 2 1/2"

8" long x 2 1/2" wide x 1 1/2" deep

or paint a contemporary masterpiece on it

complete set in their original latched wooden box with gold decoration including laurel wreath at center (to inspire one to win

Some marks are incised on the bottom

Hand-carved Wooden Magnifying Glass boy in blue shirt 8" long x 2 1/2"This is not an antique, but it certainly has some age to it, and I really like the fairly rustic approach to what I typically think of as a pretty refined object. Plus the perfectly round raised ring around the glass and perfectly flat handle, which makes me think a bit of a popsicle or lollipop on a stick, and also of shaker bevelled glass hand mirrors. A fun object, great for all sorts of displays and who can ever have too many magnifiers laying