Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants stained wood just look at those epaulets

just look at those epaulets

and would also serve one well for a giant cup of coffee

I have found an exact match of this one described as sterling

and that the artist

German I believe

Funny Little Whittled Doll with Painted Face, Cloth Pants stained wood just look at those epauletsSuch a funny little fellow! And a pretty great one I think, not very skillfully whittled, but full of personality! The painted face, and especially the bleeding blue and black of the eyes, keeps reminding me of the work of the late great Joyce Pensato; like her paintings of Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, this little doll feels decidedly animate. And while the cloth pants legs feel a bit secondary, I think they are actually the perfect thing; awkward