Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap 1917 carving I'd guess this piece dates

I'd guess this piece dates to the mid 20th century

this feels like a museum piece

Just a nice little thing

I assume this duck was just made to be decorative rather than as a decoy

it seems perhaps a portrait of the dynamics of a relationship

Sweet Old Whittled, Jointed Man with Newsboy Cap 1917 carving I'd guess this piece datesDespite this fellow's rather stoic expression, he has quite a warm presence and I think a very sweet disposition! He was for sure lovingly done, from that great cap (with a rather chimney like post on top, which almost seems like it might one have had held a propeller!) to the buttons down his front, to his little pants pocket, which looks a bit like a holster. He is fairly light in weight and seems perhaps to have been carved from driftwood, with the