Very Old Carved Folk Art Jig Doll with Marvelous Patina hinged snuff box 13 5/8” x 5

13 5/8” x 5

but I love most every detail of him head to toe

two light--would be great strung up in a window

living in Boston

This made me feel cheerful in a very welcome way when I found it but while charming it does not feel at all saccharine

Very Old Carved Folk Art Jig Doll with Marvelous Patina hinged snuff box 13 5/8” x 5It's been a very long while since I found a beautiful antique carved jig figure, so a total joy to find this very old one at Brimfield, in an unexpected place, as if he'd just been waiting for me. As purely primitive as they come, with the best untouched, very dark dry wood surface. There are two holes on the sides of his torso suggesting he may one have had arms, but it so they've been gone a very long time. The jointed legs, connected by wire, end