Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board The color lends a whimsical

The color lends a whimsical sort of feeling to it

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one small block penciled lightly with a window to more or less mimic the others

with the central image including several vignettes occurring in a shop of some sort accompanied by the phrase "Keep Thy Shop and Thy Shop Will Keep Thee" (another reason why this one won me

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Old Folk Art Sewer Tile Bear with Flat Back, Wrapped Tail, and Cypher homemade game board The color lends a whimsicalI found this old bear in Pennsylvania, a folk art sewer tile end of day creation I believe, with terrific all over incising into the clay to evince fur, and my favorite detail the tail wrapped around one hind leg. Two little holes for the nostrils pressed into the underside of the snout, too. Really a sweet and singular one, with flat back that seems poised for carrying friends! Early 20th century I believe, with two marks or initials scratched into