Unusual Old Carved Whimsy with Chain Links, Cage, Plug, and Expandable Part! sculptural candle with one hole at bottom

with one hole at bottom center for a screw

All carved from one piece of wood

the white paint against the smooth dark wood reads almost as silver

(And these would be really nice framed as a group

Nothing fussy about this hand-painted vintage sign

Unusual Old Carved Whimsy with Chain Links, Cage, Plug, and Expandable Part! sculptural candle with one hole at bottomI recently learned it probably should have occurred to me before! that whimsies were often carved from old broom and tool handles, and I'd bet that was the case with this one. It is unlike any other I've seen, with a long cage at one end (with the "ball" more rectangular than spherical), then a series of chain links, then another cage type form with a plug as the "ball" such that one can actually extend it by pulling or contact it by pushing, and then