Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment pretty plate The perfect opposite of the

The perfect opposite of the classic modern rainbow Playskool and Holgate wooden stacking toys that I also love

Though largely self taught

but I've never seen one with a surface nearly as great as this

or in the wood shop or studio for supplies

Some old hand-painted postcards I love for their curiosity of their imagery and captions

Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment pretty plate The perfect opposite of theIm pretty sure this was once part of a whirligig, but think it's pretty perfect just as it is now, with this clown (who, though I doubt intentional, looks like a woman to me, and also a bit witchy) attached by a couple of screws to the plank behind her, which terminates in a baby blue ball, giving a pom pom to the tip of her darker blue hat! Her arms move, as do her legs, though they have no feet, and I must say with one arm lifted over her head she