Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter and the date of 1912

and the date of 1912 in another

My guess is that it is French or English

from the slightly drooping rose at its center to the buoyant lilac that you can just about smell

and is signed Monk on the back

I believe this piece was intended as a perfume bottle but

Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter and the date of 1912This striking, wonderfully done carved wooden elephant makes me think of the wonders of visiting both the Natural History Museum and the circus as a child; though of tabletop scale, it feels grand in presence, and rather majestic, conveying a sense of the massive gravitas of the elephant! Perfect matte gray paint, only interrupted by the whites of the eyes and tusks (and a bit of red at the mouth) and then just the right green for the base, which