Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms blue ink 1 1/2" across at lip

1 1/2" across at lip

it might peel off with a little effort but I did not want to mess with it and it more or less disappears) and a little spotting to the surface on the left bottom corner of the vase

5 inch diameter at the opening

) and remnants of center tabs of a few (I'd guess these were punched out of sheets)

4 1/4" long x 3 5/8" tall

Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms blue ink 1 1/2" across at lipThis perpetually joined pair is among my very favorite things I've found, just lovely and lovingly made from heads to toes. It seems very likely that their heads and torsos at least were carved from clothespins (perhaps they once hung from the clothesline along with the laundry!), with additional carved pieces added for their legs and arms, which are attached via thread wrapped wire at hips and shoulders. At the top center of their extended arms are