Smiling Old Wooden Man with Dainty Jointed Arms and Legs casco bay silvery and with fantastic tonal

silvery and with fantastic tonal richness and detail to the dense matrix of spindly trees and branches

labels still on it

but occasions of finding true treasures digging through boxes in far corners happens less and less and less

I purchased it from a favorite shop in New Hampshire and know it came out of an art collector's estate which included some significant pieces

All in marvelous condition

Smiling Old Wooden Man with Dainty Jointed Arms and Legs casco bay silvery and with fantastic tonalPhotos don't do much justice to this one, but it is a very joyful and full of life thing, with the delicacy of the jointed arms and legs really making it for me. (The red crayoned details, for smile and neckline and the fingers of one hand are pretty great too.) No hole in the back to hold him up, but there is an old nail at the top of his head, which he might have hung from, or maybe attached a hat. 10 1 4" t x 3 1 2" w. Earlyish 20th century I