Dinged But Excellent Old Painted Chalkware Spotted Bulldog J.I austen chicago this handblown glass flask likely

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

Perhaps it once held a glass bottle inside (perhaps for ink

I just love the evocativeness of the phrase though

but once one gets it

and happily the flowers and vines here consume most every inch of it

Dinged But Excellent Old Painted Chalkware Spotted Bulldog J.I austen chicago this handblown glass flask likelyWhat a face! And what a character! This was a week for finding dogs everywhere I went, but this guy might win the day. There were late 19th c. cast iron mechanical banks of black and white bulldogs in just this pose, so perhaps he was modeled after one of those this guy painted chalkware, heavy for his size, and I might guess made to function as a doorstop ( indeed he's taken some dings) but maybe just to sit on a counter and intimidate! With curious