Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll old wooden mold On the bottom are triangular

On the bottom are triangular slabs in each corner

so lovely that I just couldn't pass them by

since they are double sided

no real matter as one should just lay the blocks on the coffee table and never put them away

The basket

Wonderful Old Carved, Articulated Wooden Dancing Doll old wooden mold On the bottom are triangularOh, such a charming one! And quite an old one, late 19th century I'd think, wonderfully worn and smoothed with what surely has been a lot of handling, and I'd guess a fair amount of dancing, too. I really love the features of the hand drawn face, eyebrows merging into nose and then great little pursed mouth with upturned corners, and a chin drawn below, plus a full head of hair. The wide chest, narrow waist, wider hips, and gracefully tapered arms