Carved Folk Art Wolf’s Head (and Paw) with Sharp Teeth! calligraphic drawing and fun read

and fun read

and one minor chip/split at upper left corner

with the mirror-like surface of the daguerreotype making images like this all the more so

variegated blue glazed blue bowl has a fantastic shape

mottled sky blue on the exterior and aqua on the interior--a striking combination

Carved Folk Art Wolf’s Head (and Paw) with Sharp Teeth! calligraphic drawing and fun readThis one! The first thing I bought last week in Nashville, and among my very favorites. I think it would be great if it were just the head with mouth open revealing spiky carved wooden teeth, but the addition of the claw with three spikes of its own makes it a hundred times better. Hard not to think of the big bad wolf knocking on the door, and of crocodiles, too. But to my eye this wolf has a definite sweetness about him, as if wanting just to shake