Antique Carved Wooden Cherub Presumed 18th Century French arts and crafts watering can which seem mostly to date

which seem mostly to date from the 1940s or so

I myself might be inclined to use it as a vase rather than a watering can (or simply to put it on a shelf to display as an object) but the handle on the back certainly makes it functional for watering the plants

with some loss of paint and assorted scuff marks

The dog appears to be leaping toward a ball or globe

The two drawer box features dovetailed corners on the back side

Antique Carved Wooden Cherub Presumed 18th Century French arts and crafts watering can which seem mostly to dateThis wonderful little antique carved wooden cherub I am guessing is French, believe dates to the 18th century, and imagine came from a church or perhaps a piece of furniture. As I write this, Notre Dame is burning, so at the moment it looks to me rather sad, though yesterday I thought it looked quite beatific. I found it at the Wellesley, MA estate sale of artist Lois Gross Smiley (1925 2019), a prolific artist who came up with the Abstract