SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press unusual vesta Mark Twain

Mark Twain

A few tiny spots and a couple of bits detached at one end

It's the massive scale of this woman's hat that really makes this drawing for me (which

standing position

The smaller measures 3 3/4" tall x 3 3/4" widest

SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press unusual vesta Mark TwainI don't know the story behind this guy and can't find his likeness out there; he looks to me like the one off creation of a skilled metalsmith, quite nicely done. He punches down when pressed, with enough force to cut through something of substance (and the edges of his raised features are sharp), so I am more inclined to think made for cutting leather or perhaps some type of clay or composition material than pressing into soft dough. Whatever the