Richard Hubbard's Red and White Jointed Folk Art Clown (with One Ear) vintage carved wooden foot The slide top opens easily

The slide top opens easily and closes tight

and this is only the second one I've come across

There is a small clean tear along one long edge which is also a bit irregular from where it was cut out from the album

this piece would have been made when he was about 19 years old

on laid paper

Richard Hubbard's Red and White Jointed Folk Art Clown (with One Ear) vintage carved wooden foot The slide top opens easilyI just couldn't resist this guy, especially for his red and white striped pants, though he's got a pretty empathetic face, too, all the more so for missing an ear on one side of it! It doesn't appear that he ever had strings attached to his arms and legs in order to make them move, but happily he'll sit up on his own in all sorts of positions, with arms and legs holding in a variety of ways. 15 1 2" t x 5" w and aside from the clean loss of one ear