Five Interlocking Rings, Satisfying Old Hand Carved Whimsy sequential drawings with a really nice feel

with a really nice feel to it

I'd guess they are meant to be cats or tigers (with the natural grain of the shells giving them black stripes)

former home of the NYT and for which Times Square is named

I know from her that she found this one separate from those

with very few if any losses at all

Five Interlocking Rings, Satisfying Old Hand Carved Whimsy sequential drawings with a really nice feelThe not quite roundness of the interlocking rings here, each uniquely irregular, is what makes this whimsy for me the hand and humanity of its carver feeling very present. An easy sort of whimsy to overlook, but for me at least really quite a satisfying thing, and and a nice fiddle toy of sorts too to have sitting around, too. Each ring about 1 3 4" d; overall variable, approx 2 1 2" x 2 1 2". Very good condition, with some nice age to it, I'd guess