SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller 11 1/2" wide x 8

11 1/2" wide x 8 3/4" tall x 9" deep

as it is the sound that is really the thing

The lid comes off and closes tight

which is pretty firm but a little squishy too

I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat weller 11 1/2" wide x 8I 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