Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card With an embossed stamp bearing

With an embossed stamp bearing the name of its former owner--Steven Guarnaccia

as pictured--super minor

would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock

with initials in block letters on both sides and a mix of swirls across the top and a pice of old cloth tape at one one corner-altogether looking like it got a lot of use over a bunch of years

which I know from experience is a very rare thing indeed

Carved Articulated Folk Art Figure with Tin Helmet antique Parker and wood trade card With an embossed stamp bearingI'd have to guess WWI on this guy, who I take for a soldier with a small bowl on his head for a make do helmet, and it would not surprise me if he was actually carved in the trenches. He was constructed as a jig figure, to be held up and danced on a platform, as his legs move backward but not forward at his knees. I really love his geometric facial features, carved in relief and colored orange, which give his a bit of a Mr. Potato Head aspect, while