Charming Old Etched Cutout Brass Seal with Ball mid-century exhibition poster This fun and wonderful thing

This fun and wonderful thing is a hand-written obituary from 1889

chip-carved feet

and tongue wagging as it surely glimpses a predator on the horizon

To my eye a super satisfying thing on many levels

A lovely wedding or anniversary gift

Charming Old Etched Cutout Brass Seal with Ball mid-century exhibition poster This fun and wonderful thingI don't know the maker of this, but I think it's just fabulous, and looks to be quite an old one, perhaps once part of a circus set. One one side there is old red paint on the ball balanced on this nose of this seal, but if the other side was painted it has long since worn off. The seal looks to be brass, etched with details on flipper and face, mounted to a heavy metal base with a hammered pattern. Super charming. 4 7 8" t x 2 1 4" w x 1 1 16".