Bottle Shaped Architectural Carved Pine Whimsy with Crown Top rubber stamps set The blue paint is

The blue paint is

The figures are warmly rendered in the style of beloved Swedish illustrator Aina Stenberg

with Cincinatti

I bought this antique Staffordshire spill vase just after I had purchased a pair of vintage Mexican folk art candleholders

Boxes approx 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" w

Bottle Shaped Architectural Carved Pine Whimsy with Crown Top rubber stamps set The blue paint isFound together with a second whimsy just listed, and I presume by the same maker. This one has no moving parts, but I have a special love for "architectural" sorts of whimsies like this, and this one seems almost as if it should exist inside of a bottle, with that excellent crown like top poking out as a stopper and so it invokes a nice presence absence sort of dynamic. Stands on its own, with a nice warm dry wood patina, pine I believe. 8 3 4" x 1 3