SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller as it is the sound

as it is the sound that is really the thing

This lovely little vintage Murano vase has a striped swirl pattern of thin bands of white alternating with threads of aquamarine blue color

various species of wild life

making it feel all the more a special object

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller as it is the soundI presume this old whirligig was meant to represent a soldier in his bright red painted tin hat with crisp brim at front, but he also makes me think of a train conductor, and in his white outfilt of a baseball player too, so I think he can swing many ways! I especially like the very long blades of his rotating arms, which still turn easily and smoothly, and with one of them touching the ground it seems as if he might be paddling a boat (or a paddle