Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig a hardware merchant and ship

a hardware merchant and ship chandler

I just love this handmade one-of-a-kind trivet (and I have a second trivet clearly by the same maker

The drippy green glazing

with one tiny chip in the glaze on the back of the bird's neck

Just a terrific hand thrown bud vase--elegant

Fabulous Old Make Do Folk Art Figurative Toy Skittles vintage wooden pig a hardware merchant and shipThese wonderful things! With their great color combinations and especially their fantastically shaped hats and bases, they remind me think a bit of Constructivist sculpture and even more so of the costumes in Oskar Schlemmer's Bauhaus Triadisches Ballett (Triadic Ballet), but their sweet hand drawn faces are pure folk. The bodies of most appear to be made of old tool handles, with knobs and other bits and bobs used for the hats and bases, just