Marvelous Folk Art Carved Female Bust inlaid wood tray 6 1/4" deep and in

6 1/4" deep and in very good condition

each weighing in at more than a pound and a half each

This large

or a powerful carved or sculpted goddess) looming over

I myself might be inclined to use it as a vase rather than a watering can (or simply to put it on a shelf to display as an object) but the handle on the back certainly makes it functional for watering the plants

Marvelous Folk Art Carved Female Bust inlaid wood tray 6 1/4" deep and inAmong my very favorite figurative carvings I've had, I'd guess this beauty dates to the 1930s 40s or so, and is many times more great in person. To me she seems wonderfully self possessed and also as if she might be holding a secret, which she might or might not be on the cusp of revealing; just the sort of carving one might carry on an ongoing conversation with! Surprisingly, she appears not to be signed, unless there is a name carved into the