Mittens: Wonderfully Graphic Old Board and Wire Templates, A Pair (Size 9 1/2 & 10) badger hair brush I am pretty certain this

I am pretty certain this fantastic folk art dog is Canadian

From a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929-2015): I think "Talent" is the perfect title for this 1961 ink drawing--amplifying the proudness and look-at-me aspect of this harlequin-esque performer

measures 14” x 10”

but it’s a bit tough to tell if printed on hand-written in blue ink

Mittens: Wonderfully Graphic Old Board and Wire Templates, A Pair (Size 9 1/2 & 10) badger hair brush I am pretty certain thisI found a group of six of these old templates this week in Mainewhere gloves and mittens are certainly a necessity for a good chunk of the year!and find them so beautiful. These two were obviously for cutting mittensthese two just slightly different in size, one with an old sticker noting it as a size 9 1 2, so I believe the other is a 10. Nice weight smooth board, which has acquired quite a good patina, with wire edging that shows a little rust, all