Huge Antique Sculptural Carved Whimsy with One Ball in Ornate Cage tabletop house and might hang it high

and might hang it high on the wall to watch over me

He's definitely old--the wood has split a bit

Some loss of paint

The seascape watercolor was actually cut out and mounted to the backing paper

Really a wonderful thing

Huge Antique Sculptural Carved Whimsy with One Ball in Ornate Cage tabletop house and might hang it highThis giant whimsy feels more like a piece of architecture than a carving, an a bit of a gothic one at that. I just fell in love with its dramatic form and ornately carved details, with a great mix of horizontals and verticals and terrific five point stars at the cornice, where the columns meet the anglular roof. I also find it both excellent and amusing that all of this skill and labor was applied to creating a whimsy that houses just one smallish