Marvelous Antique Carved Folk Art Bust and Ball in Cage Whimsy - A Pair finger puppets I don't know much about

I don't know much about these antique gloves--which can be quite precious--but I just love this thing

in the windowsill

but perhaps a restaurant

and the horsehair in the plaster is visible around the edges

Marvelous Antique Carved Folk Art Bust and Ball in Cage Whimsy - A Pair finger puppets I don't know much aboutLittle but hugely wonderful! These two definitely have well over a hundred years on them, and I'd think well more than that. I'd bet were made from the same piece of wood; they are of the same width, and the little bust with stool legs stacks perfectly atop the ball in cage. They bear what I believe their original black stain paint, which I think adds to a bit of mystery about them. Really great. And note the tiny carved "x"s on one side of the