Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story Some interior staining from use

Some interior staining from use as a planter and a few unglazed spots/glaze chips around the interior lip

one end of which one would put under one's foot while holding the other straight up

which is partially torn away

I'd take the time to find a nice fat black frame for

as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life

Wonderful Old Painted Wooden Folk Art Crocodile on Tin Wheels story Some interior staining from useI've seen a few larger folk art pull toys (primarily dogs) made in this articulated manner, allowing the body to curve and snake, but I've never seen a crocodile, or one of this smaller (perfect!) scale. With a bit of a similar feel to those old Pennsylvania folk art turtle step stools I really love, and with a most excellent and perfectly aged paint job: sponged black paint animating the dark green, and yellow spots on top of that, plus eyes that