Tall Ball and Egg In Cage Carved Whimsy painting on silk The piece is taped around

The piece is taped around the edges to the mat on the back side which should be fairly easy to carefully peel or cut away

It's the coral under the glass dome that drew me to this late 19th century cabinet card

so would have worked more like a marionette--though his long flat feet seem definitely designed for tapping

it looks possible that this was neatly

hand-carved wooden doll

Tall Ball and Egg In Cage Carved Whimsy painting on silk The piece is taped aroundThe fact that one of the balls in this one is shaped like an egg is what really sold me on it, but it's also a nice tall one, looking quite architectural stood on end. Found in Pennsylvania and with a nice weight and fair amount of age on it I believe, and good for rattling around 10 l x 2 w x 2 d and in very good condition.