Old Carved Wooden Train Conductor with Terrific Patina erotic folk art which really don't detract

which really don't detract

but in fact I learned he was quite a renowned carver and maker

that the softness and mystery of it is due to the fact that it is a sandpaper painting--a  technique popular in the mid 19th century

4 3/8” w  x 3 1/16” d x 2 1/2” t and in very good condition

Old Carved Wooden Train Conductor with Terrific Patina erotic folk art which really don't detractA charmer of a small old folk art carved figure, who I take, in his brimmed hat and jacket, to be a train conductor, and who look like he's taking his job quite seriously! Great warm patina to the dry pine, early 20th c. I believe, stands up solidly on his own two feet. 5 1 4" t x 1 11 16" w and in very good condition, just missing fingers on one hand, minor.