Old Folk Art Carving of Woman with Great Face, Bangs, and Bonnet european porcelain I'm also not quite sure

I'm also not quite sure what is was made for--perhaps for spools of thread and thimbles

which seems original to the piece of board

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

and I presume date from the 1950s or so

doesn't he just look like he's planning to rule the world

Old Folk Art Carving of Woman with Great Face, Bangs, and Bonnet european porcelain I'm also not quite sureThe face on this woman totally kills me, and all the more so as framed by razor straight bangs peeking out from her bonnet and big bow neatly tied at her chin. Just completely earnest and open, and clearly a heart felt, hard trying effort on behalf of the carver who made her, quite some years ago. I have a tendency to talk to inanimate objects, and she is definitely one with whom I think I'd hold a lively ongoing conversation! She's substantial in