Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy Maine potter its body is painted a

its body is painted a deep teal green animated with thousands of tiny dots in yellow

I started encountering these great looking old clay ocarina (Italian for ''little goose'') at flea markets on occasion

Great to pull out to analyze friends

I find it quite a beautifully painted

Really a very satisfying thing that delivers pleasure every time you look at it

Folky Antique Crewelwork Perched Peacock with Birds and Ivy Maine potter its body is painted aAfter finding and quickly selling a wonderful early 19th century ink and watercolor folk art drawing of a peacock a week or so ago, it felt like a bit of a sign when I came across this embroidered one this week in Maine. As with that drawing, this one is rendered not in spectacular blues and purples but rather in a variety of shades of golds and browns, which make it feel quite majestic but in a subtler sort of way (and, like that drawing, it is much