Charming Large Football Player Folk Art Whirligig, Signed Willy folk art weathervase Good condition with a great

Good condition with a great patina

when they were made by young men as gifts for the objects of their affection in hopes of beginning a courtship

If I saw this house at full scale

with a great silhouette and wonderful surface decoration rendered in a few shades of lighter brown plus a couple of spots of deep red at the center of what look little suns or flowers

Harry Ingalls of Swampscott

Charming Large Football Player Folk Art Whirligig, Signed Willy folk art weathervase Good condition with a greatI'm not a big football fan, but wonderful folk art football players keep finding me, and I unable to resist them! This one, standing over two feet tall and wearing lucky number 7, is a whirligig with arms eager to swing 360 degrees if you or the wind give them a push. I really love his face painted with great bushy brows and eyes that look as if closely watching for a football to come flying his way, plus a a wonderfully 3 d sculpted nose. And then