Fabulous Old Folk Art Rooster Hemingway So curious

So curious

likely 1900s-20s

Nicely sized at 5 1/2" tall with a diameter of 3 1/4"

On the underside of the plates are the solutions to the rebuses

Fabulous Old Folk Art Rooster Hemingway So curiousI really love the handling of the wattle on this guy, with just a thin painted black line distinguishing it from the red of his face, itself painted like a mask with cutout for his eye and brow! Great red comb and yellow beak and polka dotted legs too, with an old repaired split to one foot and a bit of loss to the other, but who cares? To me he seems a bit cranky and a bit awkward and possessive of a bit of an attitude but with a very kind and