Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish and with this beautiful

and with this beautiful

I have not found a signature on it

These signed pieces date to sometime between the 17th and 19th century

but I'm not sure I've ever seem one executed is such a painterly

It's been a long time since I've found a beautiful 19th century deck of cards

Gorgeous Antique 16+ Inch Sculpturally Carved/Turned Posts handmade fish and with this beautifulSo juicy. These make me think a lot of old carved barber shop poles, and a little of old carved hearse curtains too all of which I regularly drool at! It actually seems as if these could have been barber shop poles originally (there are a few dings showing bits of red paint, and some gold paint at the ends too; and there is one small plugged hole in each, as if they might have been mounted) then repainted dark brown, perhaps for use at the funeral