Old Tin Litho Jockey with Yellow Boots carved bone seagull pin and cast great shadows

and cast great shadows

18" drop on strap

(My first photo is a composite of cover and first inside page

and best of all lush red mouths

a pretty satisfying object

Old Tin Litho Jockey with Yellow Boots carved bone seagull pin and cast great shadowsI wasn't sure who this guy was but a friend just pointed out that he's surely a jockey, the blue disk in his hand actually his hat, which he is, perhaps victoriously, waving. I love the combination of red shirt, white pants, and tall yellow boots, and the wear and rusting to his surface all over. The sulky I assume he once sat upon is long gone, but he can perch on other things now, and to me, with one arm forever raised, he feels like a cheerful and