BUST OF A WOMANAMERICAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1850 | Bust of a WomanAmerican School, circa 1850

Howard and Catherine Feldman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Giampietro American Art and Antiques, New Haven, Connecticut.

Roger Ricco and Frank Maresca, American Primitive (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1988) p. 74, fig. 92;
Tom Geismar and Harvey Kahn, Spiritually Moving:  A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998) cat. no. 74, illus. in color.

Some touchups to the painted surface consistent with age and use.
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This diminutive carving, little more than a foot tall, was likely made for a coastal schooner.