Happy Couple in their Chairs, Pair of Old Painted Carvings carved stone obelisk -- I have now learned

-- I have now learned that it is shaped like a Durian fruit

Godey from 1830–1878

a good one in many ways

so might treat it as a political poster to hang

I might just put them to decorative use

Happy Couple in their Chairs, Pair of Old Painted Carvings carved stone obelisk -- I have now learnedWhat a pair, happy together for a long time already, and I do hope forever! Obviously they were carved by the same person but it appears of two different woods, and decorated with what seems to have been a water based paint, a fair bit of it lost or faded but lots of good color remaining, Great faces, great attituses, and I how the area underneath her chair was outlined but never carved out. Total charmers. Both measure about 4 1 4" t x 7 8" w x 2 1