Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Colonial Era Figure United States crayon co though a little earlier

though a little earlier

hollowed out a bit on the underside

Lignum vitae is a gorgeous and rather miraculous very hard wood

showing a few old photos on the reverse side--one of two men standing on a fence and dated 1919

I always have an eye out for beautiful brushes

Vintage Painted Folk Art Carving of Colonial Era Figure United States crayon co though a little earlierI 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