Old Wooden Naughty Man with Pot! carved pine whimsey including to find out that

including to find out that it is quite the rare collector's item

marked sterling on back

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This is a pretty terrific little grasshopper sculpture

and the paint jobs

Old Wooden Naughty Man with Pot! carved pine whimsey including to find out thatI've bought and sold a few old folk art naughty men of various sorts, who expose themselves when their bodies are lifted, but this is the first I've seen with a vessel incorporated, which is what especially sold me on it. I think it would make the perfect little vase or planter (a little cactus would seem most appropriate!), which he could proverbially water when lifted. Or if one were really handy, perhaps it could be turned into some sort of