Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish and think the double star

and think the double star design here

Otherwise I know that her work was included in the seminal California ceramic exhibition in 1952: Los Angeles County Fair's 6000 Years Art in Clay

It's been a long time since I've found a beautiful 19th century deck of cards

and with this beautiful

combined with its perfect housing

Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish and think the double starSo juicy. These make me think a lot of old carved barber shop poles, and a little of old carved hearse curtains too all of which I regularly drool at! It actually seems as if these could have been barber shop poles originally (there are a few dings showing bits of red paint, and some gold paint at the ends too; and there is one small plugged hole in each, as if they might have been mounted) then repainted dark brown, perhaps for use at the funeral