Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) Richard Rohac cat corkscrew 8" x 4 7/8"

8" x 4 7/8"

though also nice just an object sitting around latent with potential

" Almost all in pencil

and hand-marbled paper cover

executed in colored inks with a finely nibbed ink pen

Huge Old Crown of Thorns Whimsy Garland in Red, White, Blue and Gold, (in Two Parts) Richard Rohac cat corkscrew 8" x 4 7/8"I recently learned that some wooden wreaths constructed of interlocking carved wooden bits were Scandanavian in origin, used for the preservation of yeast in beer and mead making. This is not one of those, but I have to imagine the former informed the construction of later "crown of thorn" type frames and whimsies or garlands like this one, which I might guess was fraternal (Masonic or Odd Fellows?) in origin, earlier 20th century. Definitely it was