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S e c r e t s
Chipmunk is the common name for any of 25 species of small terrestrial
squirrels native to North America,
Asia and Europe. But evidently, they must be fairly rare in the English
Cotswolds. Master Carver
Peter Calvesbert had never seen a chipmunk in the wild until he stayed
at the Rhode Island home of Kirk
and Karen Gorden, both HK collectors. “K.K. Gordon” inscribed on the
lid commemorates his hospitable hosts.
The second lid inscription, “21.11.04”, is the date that Peter finished
the wax model. He included an interior
ladybug because “my workshop appears to be a ladybird sanctuary this
winter.”