Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black contemporary studio pottery I only recently came across

I only recently came across another example of an antique oil cloth ball like this one

I've had one other carved and hinged folk art crocodile head along the lines of this one

including a couple with drawn on faces

8 1/4" l x 5 1/4" t x 3 3/8" d

often puzzles or rebuses

Small Antique Folk Art Portrait Painting of Poe-esque Man in Black contemporary studio pottery I only recently came acrossGreat face, looking a bit like Edgar Allen Poe, or at least as full of anxiety as so feeling quite apt for the moment! I'm forever on the hunt for small antique paintings that pack a big punch, portraits most of all hard to find, and what a lot of personality to this one, with the black ground just right. 10 1 2" x 8 1 2". Signed what looks like E. F. Carr on the back of the canvas, with "No. 5" above. Oil on canvas. A few scratches to his face, which