SOLD Finely Carved and Polychromed Antique Santos Figure Holding Book (One Arm Lost) hi measuring glass presumably for Vermont

presumably for Vermont

These sweet old little wooden stands and ladder were once part of a Schoenut "Humpty Dumpty Circus" set --which is worth looking up as the clowns and articulated animals in the old sets are AMAZING

which launched in 1913

as I think they're just fantastically beautifully things

I am not certain of their age

SOLD Finely Carved and Polychromed Antique Santos Figure Holding Book (One Arm Lost) hi measuring glass presumably for VermontMy very favorite saint, Saint Francis of Assisi, known for his love of animals and nature as well as his miraculous acts and here in the best incarnation, holding a book! Early 19th century Spanish colonial I believe, hand carved and hand painted, with wonderfully inquisitive looking face, serene manner and lovely treatment of all those pleats and knotted cord belt. Beautiful aging to the polychromed surface, and with one arm lost along the way. 7 3