Vintage Birthday Candle Holder Painted Wooden Animals! Set of Four brick painting I purchased this pie wheel

I purchased this pie wheel at the estate sale of a couple in their 90s who had a fantastic collection of primitives

" which I've also seen referred to as "Shuffling Charlies

which I like but which should come off if wiped or polished

2 15/16" t x 11/16" w x 3/4" deep

adding to the feeling of this as a romantic sort of vision

Vintage Birthday Candle Holder Painted Wooden Animals! Set of Four brick painting I purchased this pie wheelTo my eye these were just way too good not to grab and pass along, whether to decorate a birthday cake or just to take their place in a menagerie. They were made to hold tiny candles and would indeed look pretty great with flames rising from their backs, but they're also pretty excellent just as they are. I might guess these are Japanese. Lion measures 2 1 2" l. Giraffe is 2 3 8" t. Tiger is missing front of one back paw but stands just fine,