Antique Victorian Carved Ivory Wolf or Bear Glove Stretcher - Black Forest Germany Carving dore bronze frames Without taking the works out

Without taking the works out

This one with the rare imagination of a leopard

and signed by the artist who has copied the original portrait of Marie-Antoinette by artist Vigee LeBrun

and I have not done it justice with the photos

No damage to the needlepoint

Antique Victorian Carved Ivory Wolf or Bear Glove Stretcher - Black Forest Germany Carving dore bronze frames Without taking the works outI think this is a wolf, and then I look and decide it is a bear, instead. I'll leave it to you to decide. It's a wonderful old carving, figural, and in great condition there atop the handles of this extra large (gentleman's) glove stretcher from the Victorian era. There is a very old repair to one side; apparently some very strong 'bear' of a gentleman needed to pry his gloves to a much larger manly size at some point and created a break in the one