Antique Carved, Articulated Figure (Minus One Leg!) 1935 ochre and pink

ochre and pink

This is the second miniature furniture piece (though the scale of this is more tabletop sculpture than dollhouse) I've found in as many weeks with carved "teeth"

I'm listing as a set of 9 (there is a 10th that is slightly damaged but I'll send it along as well)

like this elephant

and as if he is about to crack a joke

Antique Carved, Articulated Figure (Minus One Leg!) 1935 ochre and pinkI'm not quite sure the origins of this figure, carved of pine and with limbs connected via wire loops rather than the sorts of carved and pinned joints one typically sees on jig dolls, though he does have a hole in his chest to accommodate a dowel. It seems possible the (heavy duty) steel wire was a later addition, replacing a less durable wire, which didn't keep his right leg holding on very well! And despite the cowboy esque heel on the remaining