Tall Wooden Arm and Hand (Mold?) wooden foot blue and black

blue and black

Really an excellent object I think

I know that reverse glass painting was taught to young women in the first half of the 19th century and then became widely popular as a decorative art from about 1850 to 1890

Based in Girard

) I know she was a graduate of Tufts University and spent much of her life in the nearby Boston suburb of Belmont

Tall Wooden Arm and Hand (Mold?) wooden foot blue and blackI'm guessing this was probably made as a mold, but I'm not completely sure. While fairly crudely done, I like it as a gesture of a raised hand, as if saying "I know the answer" and forever waiting to be called upon! 17 1 4" t x 6 1 2" w x 3 1 8" d (at base). Very good condition, pine I believe, with some darkening to the wood near the end of the arm.