Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter I believe this piece was

I believe this piece was intended as a perfume bottle but

and the date of 1912 in another

My guess is that it is French or English

(Seems not a bad thing to have an extra pair of all seeing eyes around

original to the postcard

Early 20th Century Beautifully Carved and Painted Folk Art Elephant with Tusks modernist planter I believe this piece wasThis 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