Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Colonial Era Figure celluloid vesta The fishing pole has a

The fishing pole has a little give up and down but not a lot

they created their work for many years in one corner of their living room

The WISC Test

this is a piece that I think only  becomes richer and more affecting the more time one spends with it

The handle is perfectly worn and weathered

Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Colonial Era Figure celluloid vesta The fishing pole has aI believe the hat and outfit on this carved and painted fellow is Colonial era American, and perhaps he is meant to be a Revolutionary soldier. With hands in his pockets and rather relaxed sort of disposition though, he looks to me poised perhaps for other things. I especially love his large, sort of lumpy nose and partially open red painted mouth, and also the sideward cast of his brown eyes, as if keeping an eye on something, or someone, coming