Interesting Old Ball in Cage Whimsy Cube with Diamond Cutouts wooden tray like a watercolor painting rendered

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

with nicely detailed face and all over spots

The plate measures 11 3/4" across at widest diameter and 1" high

Late 19th century

I am pretty sure this steel one was for carnival use

Interesting Old Ball in Cage Whimsy Cube with Diamond Cutouts wooden tray like a watercolor painting renderedAn unusual whimsy, and a bit of a mysterious one, with just these little diamond shaped windows revealing the pointed tips of the form inside, which does seems free from the "cage" but forever tightly trapped! Quite a compelling little carving, I think, and a nice addition to a whimsey collection. I believe this is quite an old one, perhaps late 19th or very early 20th c. There is a bit of hairline cracking on two adjacent sides, not visible depending