Old Wooden Naughty Man with Pot! wire basket with handles Staple binding

Staple binding

squarely and I don't think detracts

7 7/8" l x 4" tall

Everything about it says Meissen (near Dresden

4 1/4" t x 1 5/8"w x 1 1/4" d

Old Wooden Naughty Man with Pot! wire basket with handles Staple bindingI've bought and sold a few old folk art naughty men of various sorts, who expose themselves when their bodies are lifted, but this is the first I've seen with a vessel incorporated, which is what especially sold me on it. I think it would make the perfect little vase or planter (a little cactus would seem most appropriate!), which he could proverbially water when lifted. Or if one were really handy, perhaps it could be turned into some sort of