This little figure has me mystified. I have done my best to look up why this little cherubic figure with a rather manly face is cracking open that walnut.
Made of bronze and standing 3 inches tall by approximately 2 1/2 inches deep, this figure of a baby Vulcan with hammer in hand, and naked except for an apron and a pair of slippers, was probably a match holder. In each of his feet are screw holes that indicated he was mounted on some sort of base, maybe with a striker for matches.
