Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment pretty plate This small but substantial vase

This small but substantial vase has a great presence

or in the wood shop or studio for supplies

The colored pencil used here ranges from blue to purple to pink to red and while subtle is very readable

There is an old split on one of the sides and it wobbles just a little when you try

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

Wonderful Old Jointed Clown Whirligig Fragment pretty plate This small but substantial vaseIm 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