Big Ball in Cage Whimsy - 3 Inch Cube spotted beetle though I can find no

though I can find no reference to Ernst Gravenhorst anywhere

metal rods

1930s Stanlo set made it way too cool to pass by

with very thick

such that the form itself is difficult to get a handle on

Big Ball in Cage Whimsy - 3 Inch Cube spotted beetle though I can find noOne of the things I really love about carved wooden whimsies is their infinite variety, even with the most straight forward of forms. I think this may be the largest ball in cage I've seen at 3 x 3 x 3 inches, with a ball so large it seems poised to bust out of its cage entirely! This one I'd guess dates to the mid 20th century or so, and reads as much as a tabletop minimalist sculpture as a folk art carving. There is a split in one side of the cage