Pair of Small, Whittled Whimsy Chains with Nice Age riddle drawing and heavy for its size

and heavy for its size

if not for cigarettes (but what a perfect vessel to carefully ration them from

I've been paying attention to old carved spoons lately

it is structurally sound and stable

Pair of Small, Whittled Whimsy Chains with Nice Age riddle drawing and heavy for its sizeI found this little pair of carved chain links together in Vermont, and while I don't always jump on carved whimsy chains these days, I think these are very nice ones, in which one very much feels the hand of the carver, whittling carefully away. The same hand (knife) made both, I believe, and I like them together, with the contrast between two different lengths of links making them feel specific and particular. Pretty easy to imagine the carver