Handcarved Vintage Dark Wood Whimsy Chain vintage bell Only recently did I learn--through

Only recently did I learn--through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks--that it was made by Michael Cohen

MA to hold steel carpet tacks

and this is a sweet little one from early 1900's made for Atlas Tack Company

broken remnants of artifacts and scraps of ancient textiles often litter the burial grounds today

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Handcarved Vintage Dark Wood Whimsy Chain vintage bell Only recently did I learn--throughI've been really loving diving into new genres of things, especially within the realm of folk art, and one of them is carved wooden whimsies like this chain, carved from one piece of wood. I can't even imagine having the ability first to to envision and then execute something like this, but I am so glad there are carvers out there who have and do! I purchased this piece, and two other whimsy chains, from a dealer in Maine, from whom I understand they