Wonderful Antique Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat naughty carving and appears to box

and appears to box

kind looking subject I believe is named on the reverse and noted as being of Bologna--and indeed he looks 100% Northern Italian

and what are they selling

(I have not cleaned him)

7/16" deep

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Squeeze Toy Acrobat naughty carving and appears to boxOh, this face! One of my favorite faces ever, and such a singular one, with huge almond shaped eyes, wispy hair framing giant ears, and hawking nose made all the better by the orange and black striped hat resting atop his head, and the carved slit defining his slightly open mouth, making it seem that surely he has something to say! I do believe this is my favorite acrobatic squeeze toy Ive found (and I've had a bunch), and definitely quite an old one,