SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! hand-carved decoy dear" floating around

dear" floating around

or holding candles in the window or on the table

Unfortunately

Here it is three wonderful kangaroos that animate the surface of the boomerang — hard to see in overall photos but clear in details and much better in person

So many sorts of old folk art creatures I can't resist

SOLD Charming 1905 Incised Folk Art Stoneware Mug Commemorating Unknown 1st Triennial! hand-carved decoy dear" floating aroundI've been paying a bit more attention of late to antique American stoneware of course the decorated crocks I find very beautiful are way way beyond my means, but curious pieces like this mug are just my speed! Impressed (type stamped) into the underside is "1st Triennial, June 28, 1905" but what sort of triennial I have no idea. (A quick search reveals Teddy Roosevelt spoke at Harvard's alumni dinner that evening; perhaps the mug was made for a