SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome vintage mickey it would make a terrific

it  would make a terrific paperweight on a stylish desk or a subtle yet striking addition to a grouping of any manner of interesting objects

and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples

I might guess 1930s-40s

solid and substantial and with a really nice sculptural presence

and I love the form of the blue racer especially

SOLD Girl Riding Giant Dog, Wonderful 19th C. American Folk Art Carving with Polychrome vintage mickey it would make a terrificAnother Rhinebeck find, purchased from a dealer friend from Maine, and which I just felt like I needed to keep company with for at least a brief time. I've handled at least a few late 19th c. naive drawings of young girls riding large dogs (a couple photos included) and as someone who dreams of having a St. Bernard or Mastiff nearly as large as me have a particular penchant for the subject! This is the first time I've seen an American folk art carving