Super Special 19th C. Double Sided Happy New Year Cookie Print algerian This might be my favorite

This might be my favorite of all

There are a few different companies that made lovely table croquet sets in the early 20th century very similar to this one

The larger set of balls--about 1 inch in diameter--is complete

but it is simply a lovely vessel for storing tea

While the sale was loaded with other (mostly much larger) paintings and sculptures by him

Super Special 19th C. Double Sided Happy New Year Cookie Print algerian This might be my favoriteI'm not at all a connoisseur of carved wood molds and prints for cookies and cakes and butter, but I've been keeping a close eye out for ones to fall in love with, and I'm completely in love with this one, which I believe would be used for pressing patterns into speculaas springerle cookies. One one side, this wonderful leaping dog, but it's the flip side that is the really special one to me, carved with a wonderfully primitive figure with Happy New