I just couldn't resist this handsome fellow with handlebar (or almost) mustache
I do believe most likely 18th c
made in part of salvaged crate wood
from which it could easily be removed
I am 99% certain it is sterling silver (if I am wrong
Most Wonderful Antique Inuit Doll with Hand-drawn Leather Face pin prick I just couldn't resist thisPerhaps my favorite doll I've ever had, and I love a folk doll. This one is Inuit, late 19th c. or so, I believe, with the arms replaced at some point it appears, but otherwise all original, and very solid and sound. Of course the face breaks my heart hand drawn eyes, brows, and straight line of a mouth on hide with the hide cinched together to form the nose, and then a hand stitched seam running down from there like a scar. But also this beautifully