Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal It is made of semi-porcelain

It is made of semi-porcelain

and executed in a wonderfully nuanced palette of purples

In addition to the white chairs

forever a core part of one's identity

Initialed at center

Signed Folk Art Carving of Pointing Hand student achievement medal It is made of semi-porcelainI found this carving at an antiques shop in Maine, along with a carved spruce gum box listed separately, and have a bit of feeling that they were done by the same maker. The box held a deck of early 20th century alphabet cards, so I might guess that both this and the box date to around then, though I am not 100% sure. Carved into the underside of the base of the hand is what looks to be "MC11," perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911. In