Dickensian Mid 19th C. Folk Art Wood Carved Figure in Cloak for the entryway The earliest iteration of this

The earliest iteration of this Murray and Lanman bottle seems to date to the 1850s

With a hand-drawn heart-shaped nose and mouth and dots for whiskers in what is not a pinkish-red

satisfyingly heavy

Really a special thing with a fantastic presence

and all that one might speculate about them

Dickensian Mid 19th C. Folk Art Wood Carved Figure in Cloak for the entryway The earliest iteration of thisWhat a character and what a presence this carved fellow is, found in New Hampshire but I'd guess British, looking very Dickensian to me surely an interesting backstory, and with that straight line of a mouth and deep set eyes I think he's got a bit of a young Ebenezer Scrooge aspect. Very expressive face, terrific carved head of hair (which looks rather like an exposed brain!), marvelously delicate little pointed feet, and what drama to the drape of