Evocative Old Wooden Mannequin Hand in Chippy Paint carved folk art chair ready-to-dart-at-any-moment cat-ness

ready-to-dart-at-any-moment cat-ness

I love the mix of dogs and cats and horses among them

What magic voice the silence broke / And warm'd my soul like day-beams fire / Or was it only fancy spoke / The echo of my heart's desire

I think magic lantern "slip" slides are really fun--a very simple early mechanical means of creating a changing image

which seems original to the piece of board

Evocative Old Wooden Mannequin Hand in Chippy Paint carved folk art chair ready-to-dart-at-any-moment cat-nessA wonderful thing, whether the hand of an old display mannequin or a life sized santos I am not sure, though I presume the former. Great old paint, white over flesh tone, with the wood showing through in beautiful ways, and revealing carved fingernails, too. One finder lost along the way, but who cares? Approx 7 1 4" l x 3 1 4" w x 1 3 4" t. Paint chippy but not much actively chipping; sound and not fragile.