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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2933866, member: 10461&quot;]I have a hunch that [USER=4910]@willieboyd2[/USER]&#039;s example might be a unique one-off piece, whereas the OP piece I sold [USER=15019]@Numismat[/USER] was a &quot;stock design&quot;, maybe even from a pattern book (I&#039;d love to see confirmation of the existence of such a book!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I suspect this is a stock design is because I&#039;ve seen two examples of very similar pieces with a pair of <i>frogs</i> on them- in the exact same style - umbrella (parasol) and all!&nbsp; I can&#039;t remember offhand, but I think the male frog had a top hat, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also seen a stock design of an Asian couple in Chinese coolie hats walking in a landscape with a lake and a pagoda in the background.&nbsp; Seen that one two or three times, with nearly identical carving but different names or initials.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other popular and common themes of the time like lighthouses, horses, horseshoes, and storks were likely often carved in advance and personalized later, with names or initials added when they were sold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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