Hand-carved Lounging Hound vintage art glass long-nosed denizens of New York’s

long-nosed denizens of New York’s Upper West Side

I've learned that an exact match was made as an umpire's ball and strike keeper--which has become quite the collectible because it allowed for a count of five balls and four strikes

body of the car itself is 2 1/2" wide

and certainly admire the resourcefulness and creativity of its maker in piecing these bits together in such a smart and striking way

with a soft ochre yellow for the interior of the ears and black squiggles all over for the fur

Hand-carved Lounging Hound vintage art glass long-nosed denizens of New York’sI really love the face as well as the ultra long body of this carved wooden dog, which I understand from the seller was found in Cuba years ago. I'm terrible identifying species but with its long snout I have to think a hound, and looks maybe like a Borzoi to me? A good combination of elegant and just a bit goofy, looking as if luxuriating in a favorite spot, perhaps in front of a fire, and as if casting a smile in one's direction and almost as if