Charming Old Carved Man in Green Jacket with Bowtie shaker style brush perhaps wolf or wolverine

perhaps wolf or wolverine

and hospitable feeling

Good structural condition and really a beautiful thing

And then how this fence (perhaps) and bush (perhaps) morph into the realm of pure abstraction--just pure joyful doodling

and would guess 1940s or earlier

Charming Old Carved Man in Green Jacket with Bowtie shaker style brush perhaps wolf or wolverineA little loss to the brim of his hat, but who cares? such a charmer I think, and this little imperfection just adds to what I read as a sense of anxious eagerness and vulnerability, as if he has a wedding ring in one of those pockets and is about to pop the question! The features on his face were carved in relief, as were his ears, and collar and wonderful little bowtie, then white and green and black and reddish pink paint on top. 6 3 4" t x 2 3 4" w