what exactly have they been they doing here
Very late 19th/very early 20th century I believe
Plus this great little hand-drawn curl of a tail
the other a cut out of a handsome young man with mustache
and then a green stem with little red flowers or berries subtly painted across the front
Doris Coe's Sep 1906 Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy make do painting what exactly have they beenDoris Coe, Sep 1905 I suppose possibly a gift to a young Doris, but I much prefer to think it was Doris who carved it, and though Doris was sometimes a name given to boys, I'd like to think our Doris was female. A sweet old whimsy, whatever the case, pine I believe, with nice detailing especially to the rounded bottom the "cage". One could string and wear as a pendant now, or hang on the wall from a nail, or just lay it amid the other whimsies in the