Old Carving of Old Smiling Woman with Bonnet style I purchased this piece at

I purchased this piece at an estate sale in Ipswich

" but perhaps the maker never followed through on producing more than a few

I’m not personally a huge fan of mid-century“fat lava” ceramics

which is more typically the case

and in 1868 the IOOF voted to establish Degree Lodges of the Daughters of Rebekah

Old Carving of Old Smiling Woman with Bonnet style I purchased this piece atI paid about as much for this little old woman as I am selling her for, but there is no way I could leave her behind that face! Squinting, but wide open. I like how her bonnet reads a bit like a big head of hair, too. I'd like to think she was the carver's mother or grandmother, maybe as she appeared ready to go to church. 5 1 2" tall x 1 3 8" wide x 3 4" deep. There is a small nick in her bonnet from I think quite a while ago, as it, like the rest of