Folk Art Man (Shriner?) with Great Face and Tray carved and painted face 4th regiment I believe it

4th regiment I believe it reads on revers

as I think this stereoview of a full orange tree does

but would make a great mirror too

or photographs of paintings--photographs as means of preserving earlier representations and ushering them forward

Aside from the missing arm

Folk Art Man (Shriner?) with Great Face and Tray carved and painted face 4th regiment I believe itI found this guy in Upstate NY near Albany, and while I don't usually go for folk art "butlers," he's shorter than most, easily set atop a table, and in his red cap looks to me like a Shriner, with tray out not to serve but rather to collect! Lots of personality in that painted face, too, looking both kindly and nervous or as if about to crack a joke! 19 1 2" t x 9 1 4" w at base x 4 1 2" d. Good condition, sturdy and sound, with general surface wear