Arms Open, Sweet Old Carved Folk Art Figure in Polychrome antique spencerian penmanship Some toning and staining as

Some toning and staining as evident

which I believe has a fair amount of age to it

5" x 6 7/8" and in excellent antique condition

with almost no loss of lacquer

where they functioned as match holders

Arms Open, Sweet Old Carved Folk Art Figure in Polychrome antique spencerian penmanship Some toning and staining asA very sweet one, giving me great joy to find, looking in part as if embodying a certain lost ness, but also as if it spreading his arms in readiness of a hug. Very tender, and hugely empathetic, and a bit melancholic, even existential feeling, too. There appear never to have been hands, just these stubs at the ends of the arms, which seems just right for the gesture, and in keeping with the naivete of it all. Purchased from a dealer in my neck of the