Amazing Vintage Faux Cake with Strawberries! 1930s wood block For me this beautifully executed

For me this beautifully executed small carving carries all the gravity of a pieta

and for someone like me who is not very good at winking

show a little glare

it seems a bit of overkill for holding down a stack of papers

tiny hands

Amazing Vintage Faux Cake with Strawberries! 1930s wood block For me this beautifully executedThis crazy cake! I spotted it sitting in an old glass front display case, and it drew me like a magnet, with these glittery strawberries sparking like jewels in the light! Whether created for display in a bakery, or as a prop for a play, or as a mock up for a real cake to be wade I have no idea, and while I can't really argue the need for something like this, but it gives me delight, so here it is. What I believe is a cardboard structure is covered in