Sweet Old Wounded Spotted Dog Ramp Walker stacking blocks tree with disabled lock and brass

with disabled lock and brass hooks at front that close tight and hold it closed

carved from one piece of pine wood with the three posts of the straight back echoing the three root-like legs

and reinserted

though my house at least is filled with things monogrammed for other people

Sweet Old Wounded Spotted Dog Ramp Walker stacking blocks tree with disabled lock and brassWhen I first discovered ramp walkers I thought they were the most charming and unexpected looking little things and I still do! They were a folk toy made in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s, and if you place them on a surface at a slight incline they will walk themselves down it, often with significant speed! What I like most about them is that they were made to represent a variety of animals and people too, (Ive had a parrot, and a nurse, and a pig)