SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll The painterly white and inky

The painterly white and inky dark blue glazing around the body of the vase has been incised to reveal the black slip underneath

then a few favorite details

and became a central figure in several aid-to-artist programs prior to the Federal Arts Project under the WPA created in 1935

This voluptuous yak would have functioned as a handle of sorts

And there is a second signed drawing titled "Bugs" on the back as well

SOLD Antique Handmade Folk Art Knife with Carved Boot Handle Lincoln doll The painterly white and inkyQuite a patina on this very old one. I love the gestural shape of the flat blade, with notch that maybe identifies it as a paring knife (?), but of course it's especially about the carved boot of a handle for me, much much handled and blackened from use (and maybe it got a bit too close to the fire once or twice, too.) Seems maybe earlier than later 19th c. American to me, including based on the shape of that boot, though I am no knife expert, and