This one! The first thing I bought last week in Nashville, and among my very favorites. I think it would be great if it were just the head with mouth open revealing spiky carved wooden teeth, but the addition of the claw with three spikes of its own makes it a hundred times better. Hard not to think of the big bad wolf knocking on the door, and of crocodiles, too. But to my eye this wolf has a definite sweetness about him, as if wanting just to shake hands but with those spikes getting in the way!
Three missing teeth at the end of the top jaw, which could be easily replaced (there are open holes into which new carved teeth could be stuck) but their lack doesn’t bother me a bit. Perhaps once attached to a body, I don't know. Mounted to a wooden base. Definitely with some age to it, I might guess 1930s-40s.
7 1/4” l measured on the square x 7 1/4” t x 1 1/2” d (base.) Other than the missing teeth, in great condition.
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