Painted Wooden Folk Art Bull collectible box coffee and tea

coffee and tea

mouse and dog

I think this lidded bowl is truly a gorgeous object

and wraps around nearly half of the vase

with a fair number of tiny bubbles in the glass) and the whimsy date to the late 19th century or so

Painted Wooden Folk Art Bull collectible box coffee and teaI love that this little old bull was really made with "no bull" just a silhouette cut out from a piece of wood, painted brown with a stoke of cream for the belly and dab for the eyes, and then a piece of wire through a hole for the horns and a piece of twine for the tail. Can't argue with a thing about it pretty perfect. He's definitely old the wood has split a bit, and the tail has come unravelled, but I rather think all the better for it. Really a