Empathetic One Armed Wooden Man in Red Cap old wooden lion to be used as drinking

to be used as drinking cups

iconic to arts and crafts pottery of the earlyish 20th century

8" x 4 7/8"

with that great drop downhill at the far right  It was done in the 1880s

as if he has a wedding ring in one of those pockets and is about to pop the question

Empathetic One Armed Wooden Man in Red Cap old wooden lion to be used as drinkingPerhaps this guy was a jockey, and maybe once part of a whirligig, I'm not sure, but he's long since retired, whatever the case, and I really love him as he is now. Nice old paint, wonderfully weathered, and clearly a bid wounded now. He'll stand if leaned against something, or certainly a hook could be added to hang him on the wall. 14 5 8" t x 3" wide with arm down, 1 1 8" d. Structurally stable and sound, missing one arm and the toe of one foot as