Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish combined with its perfect housing

combined with its perfect housing

11 3/4" x 5" w x 2 1/4" d and heavy

and nails following the outlines of the stars

and with this beautiful

It's been a long time since I've found a beautiful 19th century deck of cards

Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish combined with its perfect housingSo juicy. These make me think a lot of old carved barber shop poles, and a little of old carved hearse curtains too all of which I regularly drool at! It actually seems as if these could have been barber shop poles originally (there are a few dings showing bits of red paint, and some gold paint at the ends too; and there is one small plugged hole in each, as if they might have been mounted) then repainted dark brown, perhaps for use at the funeral