Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish watch holder Part of one of his

Part of one of his feet has chipped off

and seem to cry for slowing down and enjoying small daily rituals

and then what look like stand alone blue pockets against the creamy white body

It also seems that one could use these as candleholders--perhaps with a candle in one and matches in the other

Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish watch holder Part of one of hisOh my! I love little carved peach pit baskets, but they certainly pale in comparison to this fantastic tiny family of creatures carved from walnut shells! I'd guess they are meant to be cats or tigers (with the natural grain of the shells giving them black stripes), with these terrific pointed ears, red painted mouths, and long arching tails, which function like handles on their backs! Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into, with an