1947 Davis Station Wagon, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 925 I assume this was carved

I assume this was carved for a child in order to do exactly that--and its tip appears to have taken a stab or two

with an old repaired split to one foot and a bit of loss to the other

What fun to have this vintage Towle pewter shell game set around--perhaps to pull out at cocktail parties

who signed the image along the lower right edge

1947 Davis Station Wagon, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 925 I assume this was carvedThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,