Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures with what looks to be

with what looks to be a hole worn through at the center and with early windsor chairs framing it at either side

) Sight: 10 13/4" x 9 3/8"

There is some scratching to the plate and the outline of this gentleman's profile almost disappears

I think never used

It seems it may be signed with initials on the underside

Boxers in the Ring with Arms Swinging, Mid 20th Century Carved Folk Art Construction pointing figures with what looks to beI've got an obsession with representations of boxers, boxing matches, boxing rings a brutal sport, but also I think a beautiful one, as elemental and also existential as it gets. I've had a few carved push button boxing toys over the years, but this the first full blown folk art construction of a pair going at it inside a ring. One arm of each of the boxers will move manually, and both arms of the man in silver shirt. Platform, posts, and figures