SOLD Antique Carved Folk Art Animals and Rider iron hearts doormat A stern school mistress she

A stern school mistress she seems to be

Two are signed by a Mary Hump--which I know is short for Humphrey from a few drawings I am listing by her separately)

There is a small loss to one edge of the muddling end that looks to have occurred long ago

Tears and stains as evident

which measures 5 3/4"x5 3/8" x 1 1/4"

SOLD Antique Carved Folk Art Animals and Rider iron hearts doormat A stern school mistress sheLove at first sight with this flock, purchased from a New England dealer at one of the New Hampshire shows earlier this month. While they bear some resemblance in manner to antique German Erzgebirge animals, I am pretty certain these are American, late 19th c. or so. Detail photos show how marvelous the figure is with a very primitively painted (and I think super expressive) face, small mop of hair, and one carved arm, bent at the elbow, attached by