Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts pine carved bird Very minor wear showing on

Very minor wear showing on a few sides (shot at 2-3 x magnification)

Each measures 3 1/2" tall x 3" long x 1" wide and has the original Nils Olson sticker on the side

with the name Clement written on the embroidered grid running around the sides just after that date

To my eye quite a wonderful child produced creation

late 19th c I would guess

Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts pine carved bird Very minor wear showing onSo juicy. These make me think a lot of old carved barber shop poles, and a little of old carved hearse curtains too all of which I regularly drool at! It actually seems as if these could have been barber shop poles originally (there are a few dings showing bits of red paint, and some gold paint at the ends too; and there is one small plugged hole in each, as if they might have been mounted) then repainted dark brown, perhaps for use at the funeral