Woodcarved Head on Tall Paper Cutter and/or Bookmark

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N.d., circa 1890. The head stands at the top of the 36 cm, or 14.5 inch, object, and is itself about 4 cm, 1.5 inches, tall. The cuts on the head are a wee bit coarse but the head resulting is a realistic representation of a man from an earlier era -- he has some characteristics of an 18th century figure, but also of a man of the Renaissance, and probably he doesn't quite fit in either period. The paper cutter is sleek and smooth, as required ideally for opening uncut pages in which a dull-edged knife serves best. Given its length, it would seem that the object might also have been intended to serve as a bookmark, and the two functions, paper cutting and bookmarking, go hand and hand, since a reader would have wanted to keep the paper cutter handy as he is leafing through a book.

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• Titolo: Woodcarved Head on Tall Paper Cutter and/or Bookmark
• Condizione: Fine
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Biblio Paraphernalia
  • Woodcarving