Old Cast Concrete Mushroom! wabanaki thimble basket with the manner of carving

with the manner of carving and wonderfully painted details merging perfectly to make a most animated and endearing creature

I've long been admiring both the forms and the glorious color on early croquet posts

I've always got an eye out for antique playing cards

which have a nice feel in the hand

Old Cast Concrete Mushroom! wabanaki thimble basket with the manner of carvingI think this one would make a pretty perfect accompaniment to the handmade clay frog I just listed, and I might arrange them both in the soil around a potted plant to create a happy little habitat! I'm not sure if this mushroom was once part of a larger sculpture or what, but there is a metal post at the end for sticking it into something now. It's definitely got some years on it, with lots of loss to its painted red orange cap and staining to the