SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller which is pretty firm but

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

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

though probably once held glass

various species of wild life

I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller which is pretty firm butI 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