Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms antique pips “May all your troubles end

“May all your troubles end in smoke

I really love the paint job on this one--a nice warm brown with terrific orange details outlining the drawers and punctuating the center of the handles

Really a very satisfying thing that delivers pleasure every time you look at it

which is still rough and ready to do the job

Wonderful Antique Hanging Carved and Jointed Wooden Figures with Joined Arms antique pips “May all your troubles endThis perpetually joined pair is among my very favorite things I've found, just lovely and lovingly made from heads to toes. It seems very likely that their heads and torsos at least were carved from clothespins (perhaps they once hung from the clothesline along with the laundry!), with additional carved pieces added for their legs and arms, which are attached via thread wrapped wire at hips and shoulders. At the top center of their extended arms are