Doris Coe's Sep 1906 Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy model airplane wings and then director of the

and then director of the Bradford Civic Playhouse in Bradford

with this wonderfully expressive

especially the full view

I believe tin cutouts like this were sometime used as quilt templates

Doris Coe's Sep 1906 Hanging Ball in Cage Whimsy model airplane wings and then director of theDoris Coe, Sep 1905 I suppose possibly a gift to a young Doris, but I much prefer to think it was Doris who carved it, and though Doris was sometimes a name given to boys, I'd like to think our Doris was female. A sweet old whimsy, whatever the case, pine I believe, with nice detailing especially to the rounded bottom the "cage". One could string and wear as a pendant now, or hang on the wall from a nail, or just lay it amid the other whimsies in the