SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat US Playing Card Co with a sculptural frog perched

with a sculptural frog perched on one side as if to swim in the liquid falling its way

or to hold down a pile of papers on a windy day

Late 19th c or so

and I must say just looking at these makes me want to head to the beach

which are attached by nails

SOLD Folk Art Whirligig Man in Polychrome with Red Tin Hat US Playing Card Co with a sculptural frog perchedI 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