Curious Lot of Heads Hand-carved from Old Spools old plumb ("Teach me to feel another's

("Teach me to feel another's woe / To hide the fault I see / That mercy I to others show / That mercy show to me

and though I wouldn’t put very heavy things on it it would be a great one for arranging a handful of objects on and around—a few whimsies and sculptural finials perhaps

1860-80s or so

and there is all over wear to the black paint

I believe this one dates from the 1830s-1850s

Curious Lot of Heads Hand-carved from Old Spools old plumb ("Teach me to feel another'sI found these all together in an old cardboard boxall but two of them carved from old thread spools. I believe they were intended to be pieces on a chess board, and there are enough here to make up one side (16), though apart from the queen, and one helmeted knight, I am not quite sure who is who! What a fun bunch though, well done and representing quite a cast of characters. I especially love the use of found color, and the preservation of the top