Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and One Leg Lost outdoor planter and Reduction of Fractions

and Reduction of Fractions

he would carve rabbits

the Master Salesman

and with what appear to be black glass beads for the eyes

It's an antique handmade needle book

Antique Cigar Box Wood Jointed Figure with Hand-drawn Face and One Leg Lost outdoor planter and Reduction of FractionsThe more time I spend with this jointed figure, crafted I'd think a century and a few decades ago from cigar box scraps, the more I love it and actually even more so I think for it's missing leg, the absence of which to me at least makes it's gestures feel rather more poignant. I especially love the effect of the old labels on the wood, very worn in some areas and not much in others, making for wonderful painterly surfaces. Plus a great pencil drawn