Man with Cap Small Carved Bust vintage inuit print I have not touched the

I have not touched the brass on this piece but think it would shine up some if desired

I do rather love the vision of a series of them lined up along the bar in a lively saloon somewhere out west

I am pretty sure both the bottle (a colorless blown glass apothecary bottle

There is writing in what appears to be ink on one side of the box

trained under Academic history painters Fernand Cormon and Jean Paul Laurens and exhibited at the salon of French artists

Man with Cap Small Carved Bust vintage inuit print I have not touched theI can't decide for sure whether that hat on this guy is a hunting cap with the ear flaps up, or an engineers cap? I could easily see him at the helm of a train, periodically sounding the whistle, but could also imagine him out in the woods, with his over sized ears well suited for picking up the sound of birds and rusting animals in the distance! Either way, a sweet, fairly old carving, and nice addition to any carved cast of characters. Just shy of