Fantastic Antique Dancing Doll (Uncle Sam?) with Wonderful Painted Details folk art boot I would guess not too

I would guess not too far from where is was painted

so I won't even try to get into them here

What makes me love it especially is how much someone clearly very much prized this reddish brown cow

I believe it is likely British

Fantastic Antique Dancing Doll (Uncle Sam?) with Wonderful Painted Details folk art boot I would guess not tooOne of the best faces ever on this guy, in my humble opinion, which looks to have been rendered in watercolor with graphite underneath, and the painted details on his chest and giving a zigzag band to his hat are equally good! My guess is that he was meant to represent Uncle Sam, and I think likely dates to the 1870s or so, when representations of the character had become widely popular. Clearly, with hole in his belly for a dowel, and large, flat