Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet carnival sign with inset dots

with inset dots

but I loved it way way too much to leave it behind

and style of the lip and bottom)

Wall mounting at one end and with a curl for a hook at the other

Marvelous Set of Four Antique Carved Bone Clawed Feet carnival sign with inset dotsThe dealer I purchased these from believe they were once the feet on an antique box, and what a box that must have been, but for me the charms of these wonderfully hand carved bone feet are much better appreciated as a detached (dismbodied!) set! Two a bit smaller than the other two, surely one set the front feet and the other the back, standing now like gothic feeling little columns. I might guess these date to earlier than the 19th century but don't