Little Brass Squirrel with Nut Pipe Tamper (?) painted bisque doll 10 3/8" x 10 1/4"

10 3/8" x 10 1/4" x 1 1/4"

There is a label glued to the bottom of one indicating that it is based on the 1863 C

Dated December 1857

Jingles perhaps again a somewhat sardonic reference to the character of the writing on the scrolling page in her hand

Two studies of trees

Little Brass Squirrel with Nut Pipe Tamper (?) painted bisque doll 10 3/8" x 10 1/4"I've had this squirrel for a while, found at at estate sale at some point, and have always loved it as a little thing, holding a nut in its little hands, and with long flat tale as a handle. I'd think it a pipe tamper, but usually the tamping end would be more extended, so perhaps it was meant to press a wax seal, but was never engraved with a stamp? In any case, a sweet little thing, which stands on its own and can be moved around by the tail. 2 1 2"