Tall Carved Whimsy with Three Balls in Cages, Inlaid Hearts, and Carved Initials brush collection When I found him

When I found him

and this is very much one of those--aged and weathered to perfection but

and old wooden boxes

with his colorfully booted or sandaled feet doing the same at the bottom edge

and what a marvelously strange thing

Tall Carved Whimsy with Three Balls in Cages, Inlaid Hearts, and Carved Initials brush collection When I found himA very nicely carved old tower of a whimsy, with three balls in cages tapering to four nicely finished posts on top. Around the perimeter of the footed base are two inlaid hearts, one inlaid diamond, and a second cutout diamond where the inlay appears to have been lost. Carved into three consective sides above are the initials H, J, W, which were painted or crayoned orange and I assume the initials of its proud maker. 10 11 16 x 1 9 16 x 1 1 2 and in