Old Tin Litho Jockey with Yellow Boots carved bone seagull pin excellent condition

excellent condition

and best of all lush red mouths

who I found a few days ago in New Hampshire

a pretty satisfying object

appears on the front of this old notebook

Old Tin Litho Jockey with Yellow Boots carved bone seagull pin excellent conditionI wasn't sure who this guy was but a friend just pointed out that he's surely a jockey, the blue disk in his hand actually his hat, which he is, perhaps victoriously, waving. I love the combination of red shirt, white pants, and tall yellow boots, and the wear and rusting to his surface all over. The sulky I assume he once sat upon is long gone, but he can perch on other things now, and to me, with one arm forever raised, he feels like a cheerful and