Hand-carved Lounging Hound vintage art glass Cubes measure about 1 1/8"

Cubes measure about 1 1/8" square

I've learned that an exact match was made as an umpire's ball and strike keeper--which has become quite the collectible because it allowed for a count of five balls and four strikes

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he moved to Wisconsin to establish his studio in Johnson Creek and opened his gallery in the fall of 2002

Hand-carved Lounging Hound vintage art glass Cubes measure about 1 1/8"I 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