Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish pastel 8 5/8" long x 2

8 5/8" long x 2 3/4" wide x 2 1/4" tall

I've learned that it was made by Lionel Electric Trains

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There also appears to have been a tiny inlaid repair long ago

Amazing Carved Walnut Shell Cat Family with Walnut Dish pastel 8 5/8" long x 2Oh my! I love little carved peach pit baskets, but they certainly pale in comparison to this fantastic tiny family of creatures carved from walnut shells! I'd guess they are meant to be cats or tigers (with the natural grain of the shells giving them black stripes), with these terrific pointed ears, red painted mouths, and long arching tails, which function like handles on their backs! Plus a hollowed out half walnut shell to pile them into, with an