Tall and Wide Eyed Articulated Figure with Little Mouth and Ached Eyebrows carved marble sculture Original linen covered wooden frame

Original linen covered wooden frame is 7 1/8" in diameter x 2 1/4"

and just really cool

These cheerful blue enamel kitchen canisters with wooden lids were produced by Valenti

It was photographed and produced by the Kilburn Brothers (Benjamin West Kilburn and his brother Edward Kilburn) of Littleton

Tall and Wide Eyed Articulated Figure with Little Mouth and Ached Eyebrows carved marble sculture Original linen covered wooden frameIt's the face on this guy that does it for me, with perpetual wide eyed expression, and with those very raised hand drawn arching eyebrows seeming just right for the present moment, as if asking "really?" over and over again! While standing 17 inches tall, he seems rather vulnerable, too, and one feels the desire to protect him from the world. A sweet and gentle friend. 17" t x 3 1 2" w x 2 3 8" d. Very good condition, I'd guess mid 20th century with