SOLD (NG) Set of Nine Old Handmade Painted Wooden Rattle Blocks wooden hunter figurine The cup shows some age

The cup shows some age and a bit of dryness to the wood

of a sprig of a branch with a few furling leaves

This piece is unsigned and I don't the maker

but would also work great as vases or small planters--or are just great sculptural objects on a shelf

which are both familiar in format but also tell us much about the times: "If 100 men besieged in a town

SOLD (NG) Set of Nine Old Handmade Painted Wooden Rattle Blocks wooden hunter figurine The cup shows some ageMy weakness for old wooden blocks never ceases, and I think this is a pretty special set, with each block housing what I'd guess are a few wooden beads, or maybe even beans, making a nice rattle. I think the contents vary a bit, giving a little variety to the rattling, and one of the orange blocks is just a hair smaller than the others. I'm not entirely sure if these were homemade, or just handmade, but they've got a very homespun feel about them,