Red, White & Blue Mini Barber Pole Hand-carved Whimsies - Sold Individually woodcut These I believe are early

These I believe are early 20th century

I am completely smitten with this letter opener

Title and artist printed in a sticker on reverse

30 inches long x 6 inches tall x 9/16 deep--large enough to command a wall but not overwhelming

Red, White & Blue Mini Barber Pole Hand-carved Whimsies - Sold Individually woodcut These I believe are earlyI wonder if these charming old barber's pole whimsies were carved by a barber in his spare time? Maybe made as key fobs for the keys to the barber shop?! One finds some wonderful old hand carved barber shop poles and signs, but I've never seen mini versions like this. It may be the case that all three were once part of a larger piece, or the two short ones were opposite ends of one piece and the longer one has lost a link on the opposite end. At any