Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story watercolor of a green pigeon

watercolor of a green pigeon

sharing with them an eerie

I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for

and perhaps corresponding to the ages of the original square head iron nails and then round head ones use as reinforcements

Some interior staining from use as a planter and a few unglazed spots/glaze chips around the interior lip

Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story watercolor of a green pigeonI've seen a few larger folk art pull toys (primarily dogs) made in this articulated manner, allowing the body to curve and snake, but I've never seen a crocodile, or one of this smaller (perfect!) scale. With a bit of a similar feel to those old Pennsylvania folk art turtle step stools I really love, and with a most excellent and perfectly aged paint job: sponged black paint animating the dark green, and yellow spots on top of that, plus eyes that