Wonderful Antique Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat naughty carving This wonderful little wooden stool

This wonderful little wooden stool shows at least 150 years of love and several layers of paint below its current (perfect) orange

he was definitely built to dance

amplified by the color and attention paid to their gloves and shorts

kind looking subject I believe is named on the reverse and noted as being of Bologna--and indeed he looks 100% Northern Italian

the Alice (Goose) Nanogak drawings in these two book are the next best thing---the perfect books to read aloud snuggled up together (with kids or adults) taking in the drawings and stories together

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat naughty carving This wonderful little wooden stoolOh, this face! One of my favorite faces ever, and such a singular one, with huge almond shaped eyes, wispy hair framing giant ears, and hawking nose made all the better by the orange and black striped hat resting atop his head, and the carved slit defining his slightly open mouth, making it seem that surely he has something to say! I do believe this is my favorite acrobatic squeeze toy Ive found (and I've had a bunch), and definitely quite an old one,