Folky Carved Seated Nude with Eyes Closed wood framed hand-mirror Commanders

Commanders

I have to think that whoever made this awesome ice fishing “tip up” would have been a lot of fun to go fishing with

though one might be tempted to leave this handsome mustachioed Chicago fireman right where he is

6 3/8" x 4 3/8" x 1 5/8"

or an antique sampler

Folky Carved Seated Nude with Eyes Closed wood framed hand-mirror CommandersI really really love the how the face on this carving is not at all what one might expect based on the rest of her, which makes one think it is likely a specific portrait. Though the subject seems perhaps to have been a somewhat reluctant model eyes apparently closed, one hand gripping the edge of the base pretty tightly it seems I'd like to think the carver found her the sexiest woman in the world! Mid century or so I would guess. The finish on her