Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle 1917 No way could I resist

No way could I resist this sweet pup with jointed legs

but certainly it would hold a great weight

I believe this would have been used for cooking as well as serving

then flipped and started in from the other

then release and off it goes rolling

Beautiful Antique Treen Child’s Rattle 1917 No way could I resistIve coveted one of these for a long timecomprised of individually carved pieces, akin to a whimsy as well as to an interlocking wooden puzzle, but with the bonus of producing a great sound when shaken. (And it feels a bit like a magic wand, too!) Of the several of these Ive come across, each has been quite different, and I think the form of this one especially lovely, including for the ball shaped end at top. Others Ive seen are most often varnished,