Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy carved whimsy rattle with the back sides just

with the back sides just as great as the fronts

A little roughness around the edges original to their making and a little wear to the paint but in good shape and very sweet

I find there is an appealing serenity to the painting

Maple Sugar-ing

(The tail and the ears make me believe it is a bear

Unusual Ball (on Pedestal) in Cage Antique Black Painted Carved Whimsy carved whimsy rattle with the back sides justI've seen other whimsy "cages" with gothic sorts of spikes like this one, but I've never seen one where the ball sits on a pedestal inside of it, like a tee for a ball never to be hit! I believe this one likely dates to the late 19th early 20th c., and has definitely been knocked around a bit, with a few dings and paint loss around the sides, a small chip to one side of the "pedestal", and a little loss to what was surely once a sharp point at the