Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap boxwood This wonderful little wooden stool

This wonderful little wooden stool shows at least 150 years of love and several layers of paint below its current (perfect) orange

and for someone like me who is not very good at winking

I don't do much fishing

Made in Japan

and the 4 little clay weights that are strung on the wires wiggle down from top to bottom in the most capitivating way

Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap boxwood This wonderful little wooden stoolDespite this fellow's rather stoic expression, he has quite a warm presence and I think a very sweet disposition! He was for sure lovingly done, from that great cap (with a rather chimney like post on top, which almost seems like it might one have had held a propeller!) to the buttons down his front, to his little pants pocket, which looks a bit like a holster. He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood, with the