Wonderful Antique Folk Art Jig Doll with Glass Eyes ceramic bell and then bound again by

and then bound again by stitched string

plus those red and white striped bands around his knees

It is little: approx 3” x 4 5/8”

and I think is completely exquisite

and brown papered windows

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Jig Doll with Glass Eyes ceramic bell and then bound again byQuite a wonderful, and a bit of a haunting, face on this old guy, the first primitive jig doll like this that I think I've seen with glass beads eyes, which are a milky white. Jointed at the shoulders, hips and knees, and with maximum energy given to carving his heeled boots, he was definitely built to dance, and retains his original carved dowel, which likely once fit into a post attached to a platform, upon which he would perform, loudly clapping