Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane JJ P Signed on the bottom what

Signed on the bottom what appears to be the "ER"

focusing on the presentation of illusions--like this card trick--that he had devised

There are a total of 11 drawings

showing a few old photos on the reverse side--one of two men standing on a fence and dated 1919

Antique Copper Sulky Driver from Old Weathervane JJ P Signed on the bottom whatCertainly this old guy once sat on a sulky behind a horse as part of a fine antique weathervane, I'd guess early 20th century. The rest of it may live on somewhere else, and I'd guess he once had arms, too, though there is really no sign of welding along his shoulders, so perhaps he was never finished? At any rate, I rather love him now just as he is, a mix of elegant and awkward, forever holding this funny posture, which keeps making me think of him