An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Curios The bracket remains entirely untouched

The bracket remains entirely untouched

There are no obvious clues as to how the lion died

manufactured by Fort Pitt Sign Co Pittsburgh

Etty was also infamous for his paintings of nudes

She has work hanging in the Manchester City Galleries

An Interesting Large c.1900 Carved & Painted Wooden Folk Art Figure; ‘Andrew’ sub-Curios The bracket remains entirely untouchedOrigin: English or American Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Height: 24. 5 inches The unusually large primitive folk art naively carved soft wooden figure standing at over two feet and having jointed arms, possibly fashioned for shop display use, as a bearded negro farm worker with a quizzical look on his black painted face, having glass eyes, part leather cap and horse hair beard, with pyjama