Hand-carved Lounging Hound The Modern House in America One pound can - 4

One pound can - 4 1/2" t x 3 3/8" in diameter

I know that this came from a New England prep school biology department

invoked to raise awareness of its use in Nazi Germany

and all the better with luscious red paint spelling out OPEN in  perfectly imperfect hand-painted bold lettering over top of it

Light wear around the edges but really in terrific condition

Hand-carved Lounging Hound The Modern House in America One pound can - 4I really love the face as well as the ultra long body of this carved wooden dog, which I understand from the seller was found in Cuba years ago. I'm terrible identifying species but with its long snout I have to think a hound, and looks maybe like a Borzoi to me? A good combination of elegant and just a bit goofy, looking as if luxuriating in a favorite spot, perhaps in front of a fire, and as if casting a smile in one's direction and almost as if