Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button antique carved animals The blocks are in great

The blocks are in great condition

this would make a perfect housewarming or wedding gift

and I thought it was pretty beautiful

and the taper of the body to two crossed tail feathers add up to making it feel quite sensitively and elegantly done

he (I think) looks very much of the elusive

Fox and Crow, Earlyish 20th C. Brass Fable Button antique carved animals The blocks are in greatI don't typically buy and sell buttons, but I found this one a month or two in a shop from which I was also buying some extraordinary early embroidered trim, and just liked it perhaps especially for the fable of the fox and crow it illustrates: a warning against being vulnerable to flattery, which seems particularly relevant these days and especially apt communicated via a shiny object! Maybe the perfect if not so subtle gift for one's dear but too