Carved, Painted Old Folk Art Whimsy with Glass Marble Ball (ex. Matt King collection) painting on wooden paddle visions of a sugar cube

visions of a sugar cube and carrot eating

completely symbolic

but it would also be the perfect plate for carrying a bedtime snack

a subtle shadow of stubble

Carved, Painted Old Folk Art Whimsy with Glass Marble Ball (ex. Matt King collection) painting on wooden paddle visions of a sugar cubeI watched this one recently come and go in at auction as part of the late dealer collector Matt King's estate, one in a lot of several objects. (With most everything fetching prices way beyond me, I gave up.). But then this little whimsy showed up elsewhere (I guess the buyer bought the lot for something else in it) so I grabbed it. How that marble got inside is a bit less of a mystery than I thought (one short end shows a diagonal cut, so the wood