Fantastic Antique Dancing Doll (Uncle Sam?) with Wonderful Painted Details old tins I'm guessing it once held

I'm guessing it once held a barrel

little dog with stick legs on leash beside him trying hard to keep up

making the patina to the dry cigar box wood on this one feel all the more special

It stands sturdy on its own

Fantastic Antique Dancing Doll (Uncle Sam?) with Wonderful Painted Details old tins I'm guessing it once heldOne of the best faces ever on this guy, in my humble opinion, which looks to have been rendered in watercolor with graphite underneath, and the painted details on his chest and giving a zigzag band to his hat are equally good! My guess is that he was meant to represent Uncle Sam, and I think likely dates to the 1870s or so, when representations of the character had become widely popular. Clearly, with hole in his belly for a dowel, and large, flat