Wonderful c. 1890 Very Rare John Jay (1st Supreme Court Justice) Figural Vesta with Striker wood duck hard to know

hard to know

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

when rppc is removed

6 7/8" t x 4 1/4" w x 6" d and in terrific condition

Wonderful c. 1890 Very Rare John Jay (1st Supreme Court Justice) Figural Vesta with Striker wood duck hard to knowI don't use google image searches perhaps as much as I should (though most things I sell don't turn up very useful matches) but fortuitously I did a search on this one to learn that the wonderful head in question is the likeness of founding father John Jay (1745 1829), appointed by George Washington as the first justice of the Supreme Court making it feel especially timely! Based on the only one other I found out there anywhere (listed at $1500), i