Prison carved folk art box / stamp box

The box is made from a solid piece of wood that has been hollowed out and the lid is carved with figures that have a naive lack of proportion.  4.5 inches by 2.5 inches by 1.25 inches.  Inside the lid it says, "Made by a prisoner at Joliet Penitentiary."  Inside is a piece of paper that adds it was made before 1900 and was great grandmother's - Mary Gross Obermann.

Circa 1940 pair of folk art carved toy pistols

A pair of toy pistols made in a child size of 6 inches by 3.25 inches for little hands to play with.  Nicely mellowed paint and signs of use and play.

Antique carved Kentucky / poppet doll

10.25 inches tall with original clothing.  Carved head and torso as well as carved arms and legs attached with cloth.  Tag that identifies it as "Tennessee Woman" and Mrs. E.H. Welker, Detroit" who, along with her husband, Eugene H. Welker, were art patrons who donated items to the Detroit Institute of the Arts.

Orlenia Ritchie and Annie Combs Williams are well known poppet doll makers from Kentucky who made and sold dolls in the 1920's / 1930's.