Description

Crudely made ceramic figure, painted garish in primarily red, white and black paint with touches of blue yellow and brown in strategic places. The face of the figurine is a midnight shade of Black, and you can barely make out any features on the face. The figurine is of a poor quality but is glazed reasonably well. The figure is wearing a sailor's hat with what is purported to be a feather in it, he has a red jacket over a stripe waist coast and white shirt. He is holding a fiddle in his left hand and appears to be playing it. He has on a pair of trousers, heavily patched, plus a "peg leg" that is stuck out as if he is dancing.

Community curation:

Community curation: This figure is one of many that was made of Billy Wating during his lifetime and after his death. Most have faces of caricatures and bear no real resemble to a human being. Billy has been reduced to a commodity that can be bought and sold for a penny or two. This figurine is one of the cheaper models available in the 21st century and one of the least attractive of all that is available.