SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat unique dolls Another of my very favorite

Another of my very favorite Brimfield finds--five little wonderfully detailed scratch-made tin houses (well

looking very much the more poised of the two

which have come out just a bit

and think these three sets together could occupy child and adult a like for quite a long time

though I believe it is American

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat unique dolls Another of my very favoriteI presume this old whirligig was meant to represent a soldier in his bright red painted tin hat with crisp brim at front, but he also makes me think of a train conductor, and in his white outfilt of a baseball player too, so I think he can swing many ways! I especially like the very long blades of his rotating arms, which still turn easily and smoothly, and with one of them touching the ground it seems as if he might be paddling a boat (or a paddle