Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket there is a bit of

there is a bit of irregularity to the glaze with a few tiny white dots around her feet which I believe are original to the piece

on both sides

though it appears to have been a pretty contemporary one--though Lucy's version takes some license (in the placement of the label for Nigretia

as the top line of the ink border on the front has burned through the paper and remains attached only at the hinge on the back side (pictured in second photo of cover)

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket there is a bit ofNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.