c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing black hat Photos do no justice to

Photos do no justice to this one

huge vintage mid-century West German Scheurich Keramik vase

creamy white hand-painted capital letters against rusty surface really do it for me on this sign

but I'll forever look for more as I think they're fantastic--excellent looking and challenging for the brain as well as the manual dexterity

c. Late 19th Century Hand-carved Indigenous Folk Art Doll with Turned Head and Leather and Wool Scrap Clothing black hat Photos do no justice toI have done a fair bit of digging around online since purchasing this doll at an antique show in Connecticut last weekend, but have not placed it definitively. Clearly Native American, my first instinct was from the Plains, and with the thought that he likely once sat on a horse (gripping reins in those beautifully carved hands). I am not certain, though dolls carved of wood, rather than sewn of hide, are more common to the Northeast and Northwest,