Nice Old Relief Carved Folk Art Ship (formerly a bookend) tubular vase Very humble

Very humble

with plain blue paper cover and plain laid paper pages bound with string

all the better in person

I'm inclined to scoop then up whenever I can

:) I think these are just fun

Nice Old Relief Carved Folk Art Ship (formerly a bookend) tubular vase Very humbleThis carving was once the face of a bookend, but the bottom of the brass bookend attachment had been covered in felt that had gotten pretty rough, so I extricated it and it stands now on its own. I spent a few long days over the holidays going through old boxes in the basement where i had stashed inventory years ago from a little space i had in a shop nearby when i was just starting out in this business this is one of just a couple things I felt