Tiny Carved Wooden Skull Paper Knife greyhound plate and would be pretty great

and would be pretty great in an entryway offering an unforgettable spot to toss one's keys

called "yin-de"

as I wanted  it so much

I believe this little frog dates to the late 19th century

especially when they relate to baseball

Tiny Carved Wooden Skull Paper Knife greyhound plate and would be pretty greatI find this rather a haunting little carving, I assume meant to serve as a letter opener, and certainly with well more than a hundred years on it I have to think it has opened some letters bearing pretty sad news. The skull itself is tiny, but reads very clearly as a skull, which I've shot with some magnification to get a better sense of its details, which make it look a bit more crude than with viewed by the eye alone. Pretty amazing. 4" long; skull