Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float 1873 On the reverse is carved

On the reverse is carved what I assume was the date of its making

who I might guess went on to become his wife

warm and radiant

8ʺ diameter at widest × 10ʺ tall

Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float 1873 On the reverse is carvedI'm a sucker for beautiful fishing floats, which I find super satisfying objects, in terms of both painted surface and form (plus they're easy to hang!) and this is among the most beautiful I've seen. Wonderfully (and to my eye very lovingly) painted yellow bands over the red on the stem at both ends as well as on the cork body of the float, and then this beautifully carved ring bead near the end, red with a yellow stripes around the perimeter. Really