Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile man with tools A simple one

A simple one

it certainly makes me smile every time I look at it

as much as anything else in the world

Brooks would done with it clearly a great many times

with the coasters measuring 4 3/4" in diameter

Antique Relief Carved Panel with Portrait in Profile man with tools A simple oneI found this in Vermont but believe its origins are European, and my guess would be French, perhaps portraying an explorer of distant lands, with what I take for mountains or the edges of landmasses at the corners. Or, maybe, in his finery, he's no less than a king, ruling lands near and far. Whatever the case, I think the panel is quite wonderfully carved, and quite a character he is with that long mane and mustache and chin up profile making me