Wonderful OId Folk Art Ashray with Carved Recess for Pipe unusual portrait and then behind bars inside

and then behind bars inside the cage

9298 Made in USA

I believe that is Russian

with snail on its head

Late 19th/very early century I believe

Wonderful OId Folk Art Ashray with Carved Recess for Pipe unusual portrait and then behind bars insideThe latest and I think greatest find reflecting my predilection for representations of pipes, which always feel Magritte ian to me, and Duchampian too. This wonderful thing I know from the seller was found in New England and obviously all carved from one piece of wood (hardwood, or possibly a tropical wood) and I believe likely dates to about 1900 or so. In addition to being wonderfully primitive, to me it speaks all about absence and also