Curious Lot of Heads Hand-carved from Old Spools tomato from the same period I

from the same period I believe

nothing really

She seems only to have one leg

when one found many popular images of both men and women playing chess

perfectly in sync with the surface decoration

Curious Lot of Heads Hand-carved from Old Spools tomato from the same period II found these all together in an old cardboard boxall but two of them carved from old thread spools. I believe they were intended to be pieces on a chess board, and there are enough here to make up one side (16), though apart from the queen, and one helmeted knight, I am not quite sure who is who! What a fun bunch though, well done and representing quite a cast of characters. I especially love the use of found color, and the preservation of the top