Sweet and Colorful Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Acrobat on Long Post abalone which I really love

which I really love

darkening to the wood just where it should be

These I think are renderings of pre- or just hatched snakes of some sort

at the New Hampshire Antiques Show and felt--feel--like I was really lucky to get

3 1/4 x 3 3/4 in half case (other half of case lost

Sweet and Colorful Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Acrobat on Long Post abalone which I really loveI really love old folk art acrobat toys, but manage to restrain myself most of the time no way on this one though. Just the best silhouette and proportions on this figure, and the best found color and pattern from the scrap cigar box wood which was augmented simply by giving him a green painted boot on one side, and graphite drawn eyes and brows on both. Plus "Bouquet"! On a very long post with sliding handle, which is what makes him move up down and