Antique Staple Repaired Hand-thrown Blue and White Stoneware Pitcher domino 2" trailing down

2" trailing down

that it is a “Shutter dog”— made to hold a shutter open (“dog” being an Old English term for fastener)

but this one has no function other than to sit around looking sweet

all crisp and clear and to my eye just gorgeous

What a sweet sister Maggie was to send her sister this hand-painted postcard

Antique Staple Repaired Hand-thrown Blue and White Stoneware Pitcher domino 2" trailing downI've been wanting to find a staple repaired piece of pottery that wears its staples prominently on the exterior rather than the underside, so, happily, here is this antique stoneware pitcher with staples about as pronounced as they could be. I love how Frankenstein ian they appear, running in different directions right up to the lip of the pitcher, and also how graphic against the plain white body of the pitcher, with just minimal blue stripes for