#514 • MID-1800'S AMERICANA FOLK ART FIGURE

Part of BA079C - BRUNKS BEST OF 2026! (timed auction by Brunk's Online Auction)

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Category: Collectables

MID-1800'S AMERICANA FOLK ART WOOD FIGURE HAND CARVED & PAINTED ARTICULATING ARMS - APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HOLDING FLAGS AT ONE TIME, SEE PHOTOS HAT AND HEAD ARE CARVED FROM ONE PIECE, TYPICAL OF EXPERT CRAFTSMANSHIP 11.75" TALL POSSIBLY AN 1876 CENTENNIAL EXIBITION PATRIOTIC WINDOW DISPLAY "WHIMSY" "During the Centennial, business owners across America filled their shop windows with hand-crafted patriotic displays. A highly skilled local carver may have made this realistic gentleman to stand in a storefront window holding two small 38-star American flags to draw in customers celebrating the nation's birthday." OR AN 1840'S - 1860'S POLITICAL CAMPAIGN CARICATURE "If you want to look outside of 1876, the flared top hat (beaver hat) and dramatic mutton chops were at their absolute peak of daily fashion between 1840 and 1860.During this era, political campaigns were famous for massive, rowdy torchlight parades.Articulated, loose-armed figures were mounted on poles. When the marcher shook the pole, the figure's arms would bounce up and down, frantically waving campaign flags to excite the crowd." SIMILAR ONLINE - $800 - $1,500