Antique Carved Swiss Black Forest Dog and Hunt Theme Plaque is a Towel Holder, Rack Edwardian English the outer measurement is 5

the outer measurement is 5

The faces are particularly tiny micro-point stitches and lend personality to each figure

I haven't opened up any of them to see if the paint is still usable but I'd say not after all of these years

more than the typical miniature cover glass of its time

the Great Exhibition of 1851

Antique Carved Swiss Black Forest Dog and Hunt Theme Plaque is a Towel Holder, Rack Edwardian English the outer measurement is 5I made a trip to our warehouse this week and came home with 2 crates of wonderful antiques I'd forgotten we even owned. This does happen. This one is a 19th century carved Black Forest hunt theme plaque mounted into a wall hanging towel rack. It's charming as can be, dates c. 1880 1910 or so, shows a hunting hound and grouse, several bunnies set into a cutaway forest scene. That plaque is in a walnut looking stain, lighter in color than the background