Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll tramp art frames red and blue--are saturated and

red and blue--are saturated and really almost jewel like

8 1/4" in diameter and 1 1/4" thick

Martin is also the author of a definitive book on mold making for ceramic artists

Really a wonderful

They are stamped Philippines on the bottom

Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll tramp art frames red and blue--are saturated andOh, such a charming one! And quite an old one, late 19th century I'd think, wonderfully worn and smoothed with what surely has been a lot of handling, and I'd guess a fair amount of dancing, too. I really love the features of the hand drawn face, eyebrows merging into nose and then great little pursed mouth with upturned corners, and a chin drawn below, plus a full head of hair. The wide chest, narrow waist, wider hips, and gracefully tapered arms