Gestural Vintage Wax Modeled Figure thorn mountain house The bottom half of the

The bottom half of the starfish is darker than the rest

probably made by a machinist late 19th c/early 20th c or so

one might just think it was perfect

coming in about a quarter of an inch on the inside

and I sure love their balletic postures and starry wands

Gestural Vintage Wax Modeled Figure thorn mountain house The bottom half of theI've had this figure sitting on a shelf near where I take photographs for maybe three years, thinking every time I look at it what a satisfying little sculpture it is there is energy and grace to those arms arching in opposing balance and to the slight lean of the body on the knees. Anyway, I think so! Hand formed of wax, as an art school exercise or by a working artist I have no idea. Found in central MA, with some age for sure, and wax pretty much