'Take it', said Gandalf, 'It's quite cool.'

A sculpture I did in the early 90's for my Dad. Frodo takes the ring from the fire and reads the writing now apparent upon it. Sculpted in milliput, the fireplace is made up of stones, the floorboards are stained strips of balsa and the mantle and objects upon it are doll's house furniture. The whole thing is 1:12 scale so Gandalf is just over 6"

Of course after all these years it's only just occured to me that Gandalf wouldn't be holding the ring. I think he has it in some tongs in the book (and the movie) and he wouldn't be wearing his hat and cloak and brandishing his staff. I think he'd been sitting by the fire for a while talking to Frodo.

It occurs to me now that a better model might have been Gandalf meeting Bilbo at the front door to Bag End. Never mind, my Dad loved it anyway.