Great Early Stone Fruit Bruised Peach and Blushing Apricot carved folk art car 9 1/2" t x 3

9 1/2" t x 3 1/4" wide with arms down

I [West Indies] / Hand Carvings Done By Natives / Shoe Polish Stain"

Williams spent his adult life in Ypsilanti

Good overall condition--a little staining around the rims (I have not cleaned with bleach

screws open to reveal a teeny tiny carved chick inside

Great Early Stone Fruit Bruised Peach and Blushing Apricot carved folk art car 9 1/2" t x 3I never paid much attention to stone (marble) fruit until seeing an incredibly fine (and very expensive) antique sliced pear with seeds not long ago, which got me looking closely, and put me on the hunt. And then I found this peach, looking perfectly bruised and on the verge of beginning to rot, which has really made me understand what the fuss is about, and I am really rather obsessed with it! Photos capture the coloration well, with fantastic