Carved, Painted Old Folk Art Whimsy with Glass Marble Ball (ex. Matt King collection) painting on wooden paddle Hammett sold the company to

Hammett sold the company to a group of Massachusetts investors

but it would also be the perfect plate for carrying a bedtime snack

visions of a sugar cube and carrot eating

striking and playful and very deco feeling

Carved, Painted Old Folk Art Whimsy with Glass Marble Ball (ex. Matt King collection) painting on wooden paddle Hammett sold the company toI watched this one recently come and go in at auction as part of the late dealer collector Matt King's estate, one in a lot of several objects. (With most everything fetching prices way beyond me, I gave up.). But then this little whimsy showed up elsewhere (I guess the buyer bought the lot for something else in it) so I grabbed it. How that marble got inside is a bit less of a mystery than I thought (one short end shows a diagonal cut, so the wood