Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar She stands squarely on her

She stands squarely on her base

There's a layer of gold flecked varnish over her body

signed on the the bottom "Lutrell Studio

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Marthe is written at the bottom right corner and initialed MT at left

Brilliantly Hinged Old Carved Folk Art Man Girard Railroad Handcar She stands squarely on herSuch a fabulous fellow, to me looking like a bit professorial, and unusually and quite brilliantly hinged at the waist, which makes it easy to take a seat! It looks like he once had arms and surely feet, too, but I think he's just as well without them, such that one only needs to negotiate one moving part! Wonderfully carved head with beak like nose and ears, and what I believe was a combination of ink and graphite drawing the hair, mustache, eyes and