Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar Marthe is written at the

Marthe is written at the bottom right corner and initialed MT at left

12" x 18" and in overall good condition

There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body

3 3/16" x 7/16" x 1/8" when closed

The boxes closes tightly and is in good overall condition

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar Marthe is written at theSuch a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and