Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal Easy to frame just showing

Easy to frame just showing the drawing--quite a striking little piece

In addition to the white chairs

It is made of semi-porcelain

There are lots of gorgeous old weathered wooden ones out there

--and never tire of

Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal Easy to frame just showingI found this carving at an antiques shop in Maine, along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately, and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker. The box held a deck of early 20th century alphabet cards, so I might guess that both this and the box date to around then, though I am not 100% sure. Carved into the underside of the base of the hand is what looks to be "MC11," perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911. In