Three Old Painted Lead Royal Navy Sailors with Bayonettes Lined Up in a Row carved folk art car This I think would be

This I think would be the absolutely ideal vase for a huge Asiatic lily

making his features feel pretty painterly

which sits atop the unlidded pedestal box below (which itself can be flipped on its head

but presume it dates from the first half of the 20th century

Love at first sight with this one--photos do no justice

Three Old Painted Lead Royal Navy Sailors with Bayonettes Lined Up in a Row carved folk art car This I think would beJust something about these three old lead sailors lined up in a row on this base, together forever, at the ready. Hand painted, with pink cheeks, and the face of each with a different character than the next. Nice early ones, late 19th very early 20th century, with the base I believe the work of their original owner. 2 7 8" l x 2 1 4" t x 1" d base. Very good condition, very nice patina. Sturdy and sound, with just the tips of their bayonettes of of a