Large Old Painted Wooden Cutout Dutch Boy with Scarf lighthouse which seems possible

which seems possible

It is in great vintage condition and measures 10 1/2" in diameter

and turned

which in this case is as it should be

1980s vintage Otagiri

Large Old Painted Wooden Cutout Dutch Boy with Scarf lighthouse which seems possibleI haven't totally figured out why the image of a Dutch boy in this basic pose was so popular in the earlyish 20th century, but I've had several postcards in the shop featuring the same basic figure, and then here he was again on this cutout. What I really love about each, though, are the specific details and adaptations applied by the maker this one, bundled up in scarf and hat and with hands buried in pockets, I have to think was made sometime in the