Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box folk art model boat Based on a few other

Based on a few other carvings out there of a very similar ilk

It actually immediately made me think of the work of Belarusian-born French artist Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967) whose work (and museum and studio in Paris) I really love

when attached to a larger whirligig

hatted figure pumping from a well while a child appears ready to go fishing in it

Snoopy-like long ear on one and terrific shape the arching back on the other with point tail at the end

Sunny and Satisfied Looking Yellow Woman in Ruffles, Mid 19th Century Papier Mache Snuff Box folk art model boat Based on a few otherThe bold yellow on this one sold me immediately, and then so did her gently smiling face, which together with her crossed arms make her look like she's holding a secret. The scratch to the surface right at the center of her ruffled neckline reads to me as a star, which somehow makes me think of her as Betsy Ross! She seems to me just the right person to hold down the face of a box. 3 1 4" d. Good condition, general wear and a few spots of loss to the