SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller This lovely little vintage Murano

This lovely little vintage Murano vase has a striped swirl pattern of thin bands of white alternating with threads of aquamarine blue color

making it feel all the more a special object

Found the other day in New Hampshire and I would think 19th c

I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller This lovely little vintage MuranoI presume this old whirligig was meant to represent a soldier in his bright red painted tin hat with crisp brim at front, but he also makes me think of a train conductor, and in his white outfilt of a baseball player too, so I think he can swing many ways! I especially like the very long blades of his rotating arms, which still turn easily and smoothly, and with one of them touching the ground it seems as if he might be paddling a boat (or a paddle