Chunky Old Ball and a Half in Cage Whimsy with Best Patina mayan delicate form and is glazed

delicate form and is glazed the palest

writing for the MV Times in 2015: “What’s fairly certain is that he spent his youth aboard clipper ships plying international waters

not especially fragile

but I think it's pretty cool

on the back of a poster advertising a musical comedy with Blossom in the title somewhere

Chunky Old Ball and a Half in Cage Whimsy with Best Patina mayan delicate form and is glazedThis one is lot about patina and presence and feel in the hand, but also about the form of the carving, which has a sort of voluptuousness to it, and especially that sort of half ball, atop which the fully round one can rest when turned right side up. I find its protrusion quite satisfying, as if it were in the process of pushing its way out of the wood and into the world. The mother and child of whimsies! 5 1 2" t x 1 3 4 and in very good condition,