SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press unusual vesta Mark Twain

Mark Twain

I would guess 1920s-40s or so

It's the massive scale of this woman's hat that really makes this drawing for me (which

Head measures 1 3/4" wide x 2" tall x 1 5/8" deep

standing position

SOLD Curious Frowning Face Brass (Leather? Cookie?) Press unusual vesta Mark TwainI don't know the story behind this guy and can't find his likeness out there; he looks to me like the one off creation of a skilled metalsmith, quite nicely done. He punches down when pressed, with enough force to cut through something of substance (and the edges of his raised features are sharp), so I am more inclined to think made for cutting leather or perhaps some type of clay or composition material than pressing into soft dough. Whatever the