Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's Ark Animals (Polar Bear and White Dog?) - A Pair painted wooden doll a note from the sender

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With great lines and beautiful matte purple-blue glaze

perhaps it was once part of something larger—I am not sure

which I think is just there to keep it tight in absence of a washer

The two little loops at top

Marvelous Old Folk Art Noah's Ark Animals (Polar Bear and White Dog?) - A Pair painted wooden doll a note from the senderThese are from a group of wonderful old handmade animals I found this past weekend in New Hampshire (and splurged a bit on as I think they're pretty special) I believe from a Noah's Ark set, though I'm not entirely sure all from the same set. I've divided them into a few pairs, and thought these two a perfect match. The larger, I would guess a polar bear, has jointed front and back legs; the smaller, who also looks a bit like a polar bear, though