Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery Deep red paint with white

Deep red paint with white die-cut numbers on wood

I believe there were probably once eight more nails to fill the board excepting the one

with handle

10" tall x 6" wide (across the arms) x 1 3/4" deep

5 1/2" x 8 7/8" and in very good condition

Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery Deep red paint with whiteDefinitely an old one, and certainly one of a kind someone put some special love into coloring the outfits and drawing the pencil faces on these two very charming wood choppers! I especially love the plaid pants of the one with red shirt, and the contrast between his serious expression and the bright eyed, smiling (and a bit sneaky looking) expression of the other, perhaps his son. The toy works perfectly still pushing or pulling the handles causes