Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face cardboard doll some of them hand-colored in

some of them hand-colored in sepia

11 3/8" t x 8" w x 4" d

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naming it the Wilson Novelty Company and making dollhouses and other toys

Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face cardboard doll some of them hand-colored inThis guy looks to me as if he just rode into town with some schemes up his sleeve or snake oil to sell quite a character! He came out of the same estate as a few other carved figures I'm listing today. A few graphite marks on his chest suggest perhaps his maker planned to do a bit more work on him, but I think he's pretty great as he is. Graphite drawn mustache and brows and a bit of hair, and a bow drawn around the brim of his bowler, too. He's