Old Jointed (and Flexible!) Folk Art Whirligig Man with Post pottery serving bowl When I first discovered “ramp

When I first discovered “ramp walkers” I thought they were the most charming and unexpected looking little things - and I still do

it was signed by a Lucy Davis in 1817

the more attracted to the effects of time and chance one becomes

in driving the rats from Hamelin

Old Jointed (and Flexible!) Folk Art Whirligig Man with Post pottery serving bowl When I first discovered “rampJust a fun and rather funny one, surely once part of a larger whirligig but I think pretty great just as he is. What I most like about him is that he is attached only at his feet, and so can be positioned all sorts of ways, including doing a backbend. And of course the position to the vertical post in relation to his body makes it seem a bit phallic erotic, too! 6 7 8" t x 5 1 8" w x 2 5 16" d. Structurally sound and sturdy.