Eight Carved Whimsy Chains Plus Ball in Cage J.T Swan cigar box with a little staining to

with a little staining to the face of the big 40 (as there should be

4" long x 2 3/4" in diameter

At the moment this is penning an Ode to Spring

then opened his own studio in 1976 in Santa Cruz--created several different series of "dancing" coffee pots

but with a bit of pop

Eight Carved Whimsy Chains Plus Ball in Cage J.T Swan cigar box with a little staining toI thought about listing these carved chains individually, but as I started photographing them it becomes clear that they are really best all as a group, feeling quite luxurious piled up together, kind of like the feeling I get seeing giant vats of richly colored spices, which you just want to run your fingers through! Pretty clearly carved by the same person, I suppose it is possible that these were all part of one continuous chain which at some point