Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy make do car Image itself is 3" x

Image itself is 3" x 3"

The fork measures 25 1/2 inches long

including how best to make use of a necktie

I believe this sampler came from an estate in Newburyport MA with quite a fine collection of antique samplers

but based on the face

Old, Battered, Beautiful Monkey Acrobat Toy make do car Image itself is 3" xThis crazy thing I'm in love with it, all the more so for the rather distressed state of this old monkey, pieces of whose head appear to have been glued and re glued over the past 100+ years or so. No wonder when one uses the wire arm to raise and flip him over, if not gentle he'll smash pretty hard into the ladder on the other side. His arms, legs and body appear to be hand carved of wood, and then his head looks to be ceramic or composition over