Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float vintage toy soldier Overall dimensions 5" x 7"

Overall dimensions 5" x 7"

narrowing at the top to a small and tightly fitting lid that reminds me of a little hat perched atop a large head

which I have not attempted to polish

and some other minor scattered staining

Large, Very Beautiful Antique Carved Wood and Cork Fishing Float vintage toy soldier Overall dimensions 5" x 7"I'm a sucker for beautiful fishing floats, which I find super satisfying objects, in terms of both painted surface and form (plus they're easy to hang!) and this is among the most beautiful I've seen. Wonderfully (and to my eye very lovingly) painted yellow bands over the red on the stem at both ends as well as on the cork body of the float, and then this beautifully carved ring bead near the end, red with a yellow stripes around the perimeter. Really