Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving These adorable vintage teak mouse-shaped

These adorable vintage teak mouse-shaped salt and pepper shakers feature charming leather ears and tails

and would guess it is likely Danish

perhaps especially rather forlorn ones

so I am selling at a bargain price

) I like to think this is the box in which Nathaniel Hawthorne delivered the handwritten manuscript for "House of the Seven Gables" (based in Salem

Fantastic Brazilian Folk Art Bathing Beauty small carving These adorable vintage teak mouse-shapedI splurged on this bathing beauty as I just could not resist her, and won't mind a bit to hold on to her for a while, or forever! There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body, as if she's coated with sun tan oil and deeply bronzed, but not on her fabulously carved face, framed with this amazing sculptural mane that appears covered in gold leaf. The bottom of her golden bikini is carved, but the bandeau just painted on, as if she was conceived