Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat low relief design Use it as a little

Use it as a little vase (I would love it filled with lily of the valley)

Very good condition and structurally very sound

Approx 86 x 49 1/2 not including fringe

I think it's pretty good

which I’d bet would be a lot of fun to share a drink with

Naughty Old Carved Folk Art Man in Black Coat and Hat low relief design Use it as a littleOne sees these old carved figures around now and then, with hidden pop up phalluses, but I don't think I've seen another I like quite as much as this one, whose black hat and coat and smiling, almost snowman looking face simultaneously belies and perfectly foreshadows what's in store when one pulls him apart! I can't help but think of him as a portrayal of righteous hypocrisy perhaps representing a puritanical late 17th century minister crying