Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing stoneware canister When I first saw him

When I first saw him I immediately associated the black painted plaque he is mounted to as looking like a crescent moon

at top) woven in

trimmed from original source and pasted down to backing paper

The paper cover is quite worn and the back flap has torn off

and the perfect complement to most anything one might display in it

Cow Behind the Log Pile with Basket and Squirrel, Clever Old Naive Graphite Drawing stoneware canister When I first saw himJust a clever little drawing, which makes me smile, including for the tiny squirrel hovering in the bottom left corner. I really love the way those piled logs were drawn too, contained between the stumps of the trees which, one presumes, yielded them. 4 3 4" x 4". Graphite on lined school paper, very good condition, earlyish 20th century.