Apache in Pursuit by Krazkowski (Best known for designing the original "GI Joe action figure 1963).

unpacked 3 lbs 9 oz

7 1/2 " to top of his head.

Etched in the metal of the statue is "Apache in Pursuit" it is signed int he metal on the back of the rock by the artist Philip Kraczkowski. Based on the following from the net, it appears this was made of pewter. And I didn't know this artist is credited with making the original GI Joe action figure.

I found on the net "Philip Kraczkowski Worcester "Apache in Pursuit" Pewter Sculpture on marble base. Phil Kraczkowski was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1916-1996. Kraczkowski is best known for designing the original prototype for the G.I. Joe action figure in 1963.

Dimensions:
7.5in x 54in
Artist Name:
Philip Kraczkowski
Medium:
Pewter
Circa:
1971"

Silk on Silk Gilt stitch Picture 3 mountains, 2 houses and Pine trees.

Unpacked 3 lbs 4 oz

Gorgeous workmanship.  Probably pre WWII. Embroidery on Silk and it looks like they used a gold thread to add some sparkle to the pine trees.  There is a signature symbol and I think it means Japan.

The background material looks like silver silk on silk threads but some of it might be metalic threads.

Under glass original heavy rough oak frame with gilt trim accent. Back was sealed by the original framer and I did not take it apart. I can only describe what I can see.

Unpacked wt 3 lb 6 oz

20 1/2" tall . Bought in antiques mall in Fairview TN. Label says

"Original owner was ambassador to Japan pre WWII and met the carver"

Type of wood unknown.

According to the internet "Joseph Clark Grew (May 27, 1880 – May 25, 1965) was an American career diplomat and Foreign Service officer. He is best known as the ambassador to Japan from 1932 to 1941 and as a high official in the State Department in Washington from 1944 to 1945".... and prior to Grew, the ambassador was :

"William Cameron Forbes (May 21, 1870 – December 24, 1959) was an American investment banker and diplomat. He served as governor-general of the Philippines from 1909 to 1913 and ambassador of the United States to Japan from 1930 to 1932.

He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes, president of the Bell Telephone Company, who was part of the Boston Brahmin family that made its fortune trading in China, and wife Edith Emerson, a daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was grandson Sarah Hathaway and John Murray Forbes and Lidian Jackson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. After graduating from Harvard in 1892, he embarked on a business career, eventually becoming a partner in J. M. Forbes and Company."